Grant McColley

Name/Title

Grant McColley

Entry/Object ID

1.19.79

Description

Private Grant A. McColley in World War I Uniform. Material: paper. (a) Size: 5" x 7". Description: black and white reprint of young man wearing a World War I uniform. (b) Caption. (c) Photo reprint of Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois.

Context

Grant McColley was the son of E. A. McColley of New Richland. He entered the service on September 5, 1918 and did guard duty at Camp Grant, Illinois as a member of a company of Infantry Replacement Troops. While there he contracted influenza (the Spanish Flu) and spent several weeks recuperating in the Army hospital. Many of his fellow soldiers did not survive the influenza.

Made/Created

Date made

1918

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Create Date

November 7, 2019

Update Date

April 20, 2026