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In the Library of the American Library Association at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Glass plate slide of a billboard with an advertisement. Image depicts a sailor, possibly a factory worker, and an army serviceman with linked arms, marching towards a sign which reads: Back to the Job. Knowledge WINS on Pay Day. Use your Camp and Public Library. The backdrop behind the texts appears to be a dock and warehouses. The sign above the billboard has the company name of "Thos. Cusack Co."
Study room of the American Library Association in the Educational Building of US. General Hospital No. 2, Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland.
HDQ. Co. 148 Inf. Passing Camp Lee Library, Virginia
Navy Artificer School
Seventy Percent has No Access
A Comfortable Corner
Library at St. Aignan
A Lull in the Battle of Menin Road
In the Library of the American Library Association at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Camp Library at Camp Grant, Illinois
Camp Library at Camp Perry, Illinois
In the Library of the American Library Association at Camp Dodge, Iowa
Library Service of the American Library Association in the Base Hospital, Camp Custer, Michigan
Camp Library of the American Library Association, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
Discharged servicemen reading on the lawn or the U.S. Marine Hospital, Stapleton, Staten Island, New York
In the Library of the American Library Association at US. General Hospital No. 30, Plattsburgh Barracks, New York
Camp Funston Library by Night
Camp Library at Camp Greene, North Carolina
Camp Library at Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
Camp Library at Camp Logan, Texas
How to Manage A Ship or Locomotive (Camp Library)
Modern Plumbing Methods and Other Good Books (Recreation)
When in doubt take your question to the CAMP LIBRARY
A Fresh Box of Books on Board a Merchant Ship at New Orleans
Mathematics in Demand
Soldier Reads a Book in an Army Base Library
Hamilton Bermuda American Navy Club - "Y"
Blue Jackets at Ease Inside the Pelham Bay Library
Crew's Reading Room
Your Camp Library Welcomes You
Mrs. Griggs and Miss Ahern with Coblenz Staff
Coblenz: May 1919
Reading by Flashlight
Got Your Eyes Glued to Some Job Back Home? (Recreation Building)
A Different Book-Cart & A Good Sign
Convalescent Reading
The Library in "The House that Jack Built"
What's Easier Than Rolling Off a Log?
Library Exterior, Camp Travis, Texas
In the Library of the American Library Association at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Servicemen using the library. Additional caption reads: The A.L.A. gives library service to 860 army, navy and marine corps camps and stations and 208 hospitals in America. Libraries have been placed on 911 vessels and 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, plac...
Glass plate slide of a billboard with an advertisement. Image depicts a sailor, possibly a factory worker, and an army serviceman with linked arms, marching towards a sign which reads: Back to the Job. Knowledge WINS on Pay Day. Use your Camp and Public Library. The backdrop behind the texts appears to be a dock and warehouses. The sign above the billboard has the company name of "Thos. Cusack Co."
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Servicemen using the library. Additional caption reads: Reading in the Post Chapel Library. The A. L. A. has placed libraries in 208 hospitals. 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.
Study room of the American Library Association in the Educational Building of US. General Hospital No. 2, Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland.
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Servicemen using the library. Additional caption reads: Reading in the Red Cross House. The A.L.A. has placed libraries in 208 hospitals. 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.
HDQ. Co. 148 Inf. Passing Camp Lee Library, Virginia
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide showing soldiers of the Headquarters Company, 148 Infantry Regiment, marching by the ALA Library of Camp Lee, VA
Navy Artificer School
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide featuring photograph of sailors measuring a propeller, captioned "Navy Artificer School"
Seventy Percent has No Access
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide reads "Seventy per cent of the entire population of the United States has no access to libraries and reading rooms."
A Comfortable Corner
Image | 1919 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide featuring photograph of sailors relaxing on the deck of a ship. Captioned "A Comfortable Corner; Transport Mercury; April 1919"
Library at St. Aignan
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide showing soldiers patronizing a library. Uniformed librarian faces the camera. Captioned "In the library at St. Aignan."
A Lull in the Battle of Menin Road
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide showing two soldiers resting on a couch outside, one is reading. Caption reads "A lull in the Battle of Menin Road. Brit. Official Photo."
In the Library of the American Library Association at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Men reading inside a library. Additional caption reads: The A.L.A. gives library service to 860 army, navy and marine corps camps and stations and 208 hospitals in America. Libraries have been placed on 911 vessels and 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, plac...
Camp Library at Camp Grant, Illinois
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Soldiers standing outside a camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association; Camp Grant, Illinois
Camp Library at Camp Perry, Illinois
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Soldiers standing outside a camp library in winter. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association; Camp Grant, Illinois
In the Library of the American Library Association at Camp Dodge, Iowa
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Men using the library. Additional caption reads: The A.L.A. gives library service to 860 army, navy and marine corps camps and stations and 208 hospitals in America. Libraries have been placed on 911 vessels and 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 sta...
Library Service of the American Library Association in the Base Hospital, Camp Custer, Michigan
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Men reading in a library. Additional caption reads: Reading in the Red Cross House. The A.L.A. has placed library in 208 hospitals. 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.
Camp Library of the American Library Association, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Exterior of a camp library building. Additional caption reads: The A.L.A. is still maintaining libraries in army, navy and marine corps camps and hospitals. Libraries have been placed on 1,509 naval and merchant marine vessels. More than 2,500,000 books were sent overseas. The men in the hospitals are still looking for your magazines. As soon as you have read them, place a s...
Discharged servicemen reading on the lawn or the U.S. Marine Hospital, Stapleton, Staten Island, New York
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Servicemen sitting outside and reading. Additional caption reads: the American Library Association is maintaining libraries for former soldiers, sailors and marines, in all hospitals operated by the Public Health Service. The men in hospitals are still looking for your magazines. As soon as you have read them, place a stamp on the notice on the cover, and mail.
In the Library of the American Library Association at US. General Hospital No. 30, Plattsburgh Barracks, New York
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Servicemen using the library. Additional caption reads: The A. L.A. has placed libraries in 208 hospitals. 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.
Camp Funston Library by Night
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide showing the lighted exterior of the ALA library at Camp Funston, KS, taken at night
Camp Library at Camp Greene, North Carolina
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Exterior of the camp library with soldiers standing outside. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association, Camp Greene, North Carolina
Camp Library at Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Soldiers standing outside of the camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association, Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma
Camp Library at Camp Logan, Texas
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Exterior of camp library. Caption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association; Camp Logan, Texas
How to Manage A Ship or Locomotive (Camp Library)
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide. Caption reads: "How to Manage A Ship or Locomotive Get Books in the CAMP LIBRARY on Train Operation Wireless or Practical Exporting"
Modern Plumbing Methods and Other Good Books (Recreation)
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide advertisement reads: Modern Plumbing Methods and Other Good Books on Photography, Carpentry, Cement Work and Practical Steam and Hot Water Heating are in the Recreation Buildings.
When in doubt take your question to the CAMP LIBRARY
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide advertisement reads: When in doubt take your question to the CAMP LIBRARY The Camp Librarian doesn't know everything but can find information about most things. Try it out - it's free.
A Fresh Box of Books on Board a Merchant Ship at New Orleans
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide showing A. L. A. donated reading materials being read by servicemen on a ship. The caption below reads: "A Fresh Box of Books on Board a Merchant Ship at New Orleans."
Mathematics in Demand
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide showing A. L. A. donated reading materials being read by servicemen at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Lake County, Illinois. The caption below reads: "Mathematics in Demand. Great Lakes Naval Tra. Station"
Soldier Reads a Book in an Army Base Library
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide showing soldiers reading in a base library during World War I
Hamilton Bermuda American Navy Club - "Y"
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide showing servicemen and women in front of an American Navy Club Y. M. C. A. The caption below reads: "Hamilton Bermuda American Navy Club - 'Y'"
Blue Jackets at Ease Inside the Pelham Bay Library
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide showing servicemen reading and relaxing at the Pelham Bay Library (Naval Training Camp, Pelham Bay Park, New York). Included note describes: "Blue Jacks at Ease Inside the Pelham Bay Library"
Crew's Reading Room
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide showing servicemen reading. Caption reads: "Crew's Reading Room, Naval Training station, St. Helena, Norfolk, Virginia."
Your Camp Library Welcomes You
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide showing road signs pointing toward the base library at Camp Upton, Long Island, New York. The sign reads ""Your Camp Library Welcomes You. 65,000 Books and Magazines maintained by the American Library Ass'n. All Cordially invited Bet. [between] Library & the Mall"
Mrs. Griggs and Miss Ahern with Coblenz Staff
Image | 1919 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide showing personnel in front of American Library Association Soldier's Library. Caption reads: "Mrs. Griggs and Miss Ahern with Coblenz Staff. May 1919."
Coblenz: May 1919
Image | 1919 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide. Caption reads: "Coblenz: May 1919. Mr. Jennings 'Righ' Mr. Ruby 'Center'"
Reading by Flashlight
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide. Caption reads: "Reading By Flashlight. Photo by Brown Bros. N. Y. C."
Got Your Eyes Glued to Some Job Back Home? (Recreation Building)
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide. Caption reads: "Got your eyes glued to some job back home? Better glue them to the book about it at the LIBRARY in the Recreation Buildings. Stick To It, you'll get the job."
A Different Book-Cart & A Good Sign
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide showing a hospital library reading room. Caption reads "A Different Book-Cart & A Good Sign, Debark. Hosp. No. 5" Sign in background reads "Take any book you want. Please return books to desk near the shelves so that other men may have the benefit. - American Library Association." One woman and and twelve men featured, including injured man (with crutch and...
Convalescent Reading
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide showing a library reading room at Debark. Hospital 3. Caption reads "Convalescents Debark. Hosp. 3, N. Y. C. Photo by Underwood & Underwood"
The Library in "The House that Jack Built"
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide showing A. L. A. donated reading materials being read by servicemen. The caption below reads: "The Library in 'The House That Jack Built' Naval Training Station Newport" The writing on the image reads: "The House That Jack Built. Training Station Library. Newport, R. I."
What's Easier Than Rolling Off a Log?
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide. Caption reads: "What's easier than rolling off a log? Getting a book at the Camp Library. NO RED TAPE? Not an inch. NO CHARGE? Not a cent. Just sign your name."
Library Exterior, Camp Travis, Texas
Image | 1918 |
American Library Association Archives Digital Collections
Glass plate slide showing soldiers reading on the covered porch of the ALA Camp Library at Camp Travis, Texas
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