1918 Camp Greene Charlotte NC Postcard
This is an illustrated Camp Greene postcard, designed for soldiers to send off through the mail during WWI in Charlotte. Visually the front is a boy soldier thinking about a girl while staring at the fire. Photograph taken by Ana Gabele, sourced from the UNC Charlotte Special Collections Library.
A WWI postcard from Camp Greene in Charlotte, NC, showing a young soldier sitting by a campfire, thinking of a girl. The text reads, “I wonder if it would cheer you to know while you’re away, that there is one in Charlotte, N.C., who misses you night and day.” Photograph taken by Ana Gabele, sourced from the UNC Charlotte Special Collections Library.
The back of a WWI postcard from Camp Greene, Charlotte, NC, postmarked January 8, 1918. It includes a handwritten message thanking the recipient for a package and expressing appreciation for their friendship. The postcard is addressed to Mrs. Jessie E. Knox at 23 Main St, Springfield, Massachusetts. Photograph taken by Ana Gabele, sourced from the UNC Charlotte Special Collections Library.