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- Fort Wayne, the Old Barracks, Detroit, Michigan -
- 1902
- Collections - Artifact
Fort Wayne, the Old Barracks, Detroit, Michigan
- Christmas Card, "On the Seventh Day," Artwork by Corporal Wallace E. Brodeur, 1945 -
- 1945
- Collections - Artifact
Christmas Card, "On the Seventh Day," Artwork by Corporal Wallace E. Brodeur, 1945
- Union Army Private, Taken at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, 1861-1865 - This carte-de-visite made by Enoch Long at Benton Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri, shows an unknown Union Army soldier. Carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Popular in the United States during the Civil War, soldiers often sent these inexpensive images back home as a reminder to friends and family members of their loved ones in service.
- 1861-1865
- Collections - Artifact
Union Army Private, Taken at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, 1861-1865
This carte-de-visite made by Enoch Long at Benton Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri, shows an unknown Union Army soldier. Carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Popular in the United States during the Civil War, soldiers often sent these inexpensive images back home as a reminder to friends and family members of their loved ones in service.
- Stanley J. Zaleski at 1614th Co., Civilian Conservation Corps, Camp McComb, Munising, Michigan, April-September 1934 -
- April 1934-September 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Stanley J. Zaleski at 1614th Co., Civilian Conservation Corps, Camp McComb, Munising, Michigan, April-September 1934
- Group of Boys Playing a Board Game at Camp Legion, February 6, 1944 - Henry Ford opened Camp Legion, near Dearborn, Michigan, in 1938 for sons of dead or disabled World War I veterans. The young men earned steady wages working there seasonally from April-November. The camp's mission was modified in 1944 to include rehabilitation of World War II veterans with disabilities. Veterans learned new skills to help them reenter the workforce.
- February 09, 1944
- Collections - Artifact
Group of Boys Playing a Board Game at Camp Legion, February 6, 1944
Henry Ford opened Camp Legion, near Dearborn, Michigan, in 1938 for sons of dead or disabled World War I veterans. The young men earned steady wages working there seasonally from April-November. The camp's mission was modified in 1944 to include rehabilitation of World War II veterans with disabilities. Veterans learned new skills to help them reenter the workforce.