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Camp Library of the American Library Association at the Nayal Training Camp, Pelham Bay Park, New York
Coverage-Year
1918
Coverage-Spatial
Pelham Bay (N.Y.)
Description
Sailors lingering outside of their camp library. Additional caption reads: The A.L.A. gives library service to 240 naval stations, 911 vessels, 620 army and marine corps camps and posts, and 208 hospitals. More than two million books have been sent overseas.The men in hospitals and camps here and overseas need your magazines. As soon as you have read them, place a stamp on the notice on the cover, and mail.
Dimensions
14 x 8.5 cm
Subject
Library War Service
Sailors
World War, 1914-1918
Theme
War Service Photographs and Slides, 1917-20
Digitized Material
Black and white postcards
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical Location
RS 89/1/13, Box 5, Folder: ALA Postcards, New York
Date File Created
2013-04-03
Resource Identifier
ALA0001103
Collection Title
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Camp Library of the American Library Association at the Nayal Training Camp, Pelham Bay Park, New York
Coverage-Year
1918
Coverage-Spatial
Pelham Bay (N.Y.)
Description
Sailors lingering outside of their camp library. Additional caption reads: The A.L.A. gives library service to 240 naval stations, 911 vessels, 620 army and marine corps camps and posts, and 208 hospitals. More than two million books have been sent overseas.The men in hospitals and camps here and overseas need your magazines. As soon as you have read them, place a stamp on the notice on the cover, and mail.
Dimensions
14 x 8.5 cm
Subject
Library War Service
Sailors
World War, 1914-1918
Theme
War Service Photographs and Slides, 1917-20
Digitized Material
Black and white postcards
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical Location
RS 89/1/13, Box 5, Folder: ALA Postcards, New York
Date File Created
2013-04-03
Resource Identifier
ALA0001103
Collection Title
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections