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[After the Hike]

Description: Postcard image of five soldiers sitting down on a pile of scrap wood boards. One is pictured as wiping his face with a towel while three others are pictured holding one of their feet. Text above the image reads "After the hike". Handwritten text on the back is addressed to Miss Addie Wheeling.
Date: 1918
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Bird's Eye View of Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard image of a bird's eye view of Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas. To the right of the camp a line of horses with soldiers riding can be seen marching behind one automobile. To the left of the image the rows of soldiers' tents and other buildings that make up the camp. In the background the camp itself is surrounded by trees. Handwritten text on the back is addressed to Mr. Isac Hill of New York Mills, Minnesota.
Date: 1918
Creator: Mann, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Camp MacArthur Junkyard]

Description: Photograph of the junkyard at Camp MacArthur. Many trash items are scattered haphazardly in piles and stacks; most prominent at center is a heap of used oil lamps, next to bunches of wooden crates and containers. At left are long rows of pipes and piles of ceramic-like cylinders. Behind these remain further piles of pillows and pipes. A paper attached to the bottom of the photograph describes the junkyard's operation.
Date: June 11, 1918
Creator: Gildersleeve
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Company Street, Camp MacArthur]

Description: Postcard of a company street at Camp MacArthur, with encampments alongside a dirt road. Two buildings are specified in pen: a bath house, a low rectangular building at center left, and a space between two camps at right, which shows where the stove is.
Date: 1918-03-15/1918-10-20
Creator: Mann, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Division Headquarters at Camp MacArthur Postcard]

Description: Postcard of Camp MacArthur with tents on the right side, division headquarters in the back (center), and houses and cars on the left side. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Division Headquarters. Camp MacArthur Waco Texas. Mann." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: May 11, 1918
Creator: Mann, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Herman Stricklin and Friend]

Description: Photograph of Herman Stricklin and a friend during World War I. Stricklin sits on the ground, and his friend sits on his shoulders. Stricklin's hat is placed to the left. Bushes or trees can be seen in the background. The photograph was purchased at the Abel estate sale in Waco.
Date: 1918
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Adam Smith to Margaret Smith - September 8, 1918]

Description: Letter from Adam Oscar Smith to Margaret Elizabeth Smith in which Adam is asking Margaret how everyone is back home. He tells her he is doing well and hope they are all as well. He say he has not heard from their brother Mahlon since he left Texas and ask if she has heard from him.
Date: September 8, 1918
Creator: Smith, Adam Oscar
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - December 2, 1918]

Description: Letter to Emma Riecke discussing the issues with discharge. Hector explains that there are issues with the possibility of his discharge and that he must send an application by the net day. He discusses trying qualification writing to get away from his other work. In the postscript Hector asks Emma to have his mother attend to a local board issue.
Date: December 2, 1918
Creator: Suyker, Hector
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - December 5, 1918]

Description: Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke discussing his lack of updates about his discharge. Hector writes about the rumors at his camp and the changes being made at his camp. Hector tells Emma he will send her photos soon and that he will go to bed early. in the postscript he asks Emma to give everyone his regards.
Date: December 5, 1918
Creator: Suyker, Hector
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - December 8, 1918]

Description: Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke discussing his day and the lack of news about his discharge. He writes about going on a walk and going to church. He also talks about a letter from S.D. Leidesdorf who thinks he was asking for money. Hector asks Emma to give a letter to his mother.
Date: December 8, 1918
Creator: Suyker, Hector
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - December 10, 1918]

Description: Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke discussing his day and how he still has no news on his discharge. He tells Emma that he and a few others will speak to the captain if they do not hear anything soon. Hector tells Emma that he knocked off his job and went to a football game and that they will have a an event at their mess hall.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Suyker, Hector
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - December 11, 1918]

Description: Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke discussing updates from Washington regarding his discharge. Married men will be discharged but no personnel men will be. The mail was sent to another company and there will be a party in the evening where Hector hope to speak with the Captain regarding discharge.
Date: December 11, 1918
Creator: Suyker, Hector
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - December 14, 1918]

Description: Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke discussing his reaction to the three letters she sent him. He tells her he spoke to his Captain who says he will look at his application. Hector mentions that he received a letter from his tent mate Bele Matthews which he included. He tells Emma he wishes he could be there fro her birthday and apologizes to her.
Date: December 14, 1918
Creator: Suyker, Hector
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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