Company K departing for World War I at the Waynesburg & Washington Railroad Station

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Company K departing for World War I at the Waynesburg & Washington Railroad Station

Entry/Object ID

2011.2.373

Description

Dated 7 September 1917. Taken as crowds bid farewell to the soldiers of Company K, 110th Infantry, 28th Division, who marched that day from the Armory to the Waynesburg & Washington Railroad Station to depart for training at Camp Hancock, Georgia. The men were ultimately bound for the battlefields of World War I in France. Donated by: Jane Ann Thompson.

Collection

Greene County Historical Society Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Sep 7, 1917

Lexicon

Search Terms

Automobiles, Flag--United States, Military, Rain Day Boys, Veterans--World War I, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th. Regiment, 110th. Company K., Waynesburg & Washington Railroad

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Other Number: GCHS-AN033-0022

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Waynesburg - Jane Ann Thompson Series - Greene County Historical Society Collection

Notes

Archived at the Greene County Historical Society (918 Rolling Meadows Road, P.O. Box 127; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project, 2019. Source Citation: Company K departing for World War I at the Waynesburg & Washington Railroad Station; item no. GCHS-AN033-0022, donated by Jane Ann Thompson; Greene County Historical Society Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).