Rows of wooden folding chairs face the altar inside the Chapel of the Holy Name at the U.S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. A crucifix stands against a tall fluted reredos beneath a painted ceiling. The chapel served sailors at the Navy's large recruit training station on Lake Michigan, a plain setting for worship amid the routines of base life.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear Mom
I now on watch
from 2:00 to 4:00
night. I have not received
a card or letter. I went
to Milwaukee on my 12 hours
liberty. I thing I will
be home about 12:00
Saturday night. I can't
see I'm writing by the
moon Your son
John
Black-and-white real-photo postcard (publisher: GENUINE PHOTOGRAPH, "GROGANIZED," DANVILLE, IN THE U.S.A.), no white border; a visible crack/crease line runs across the upper left of the image; caption block printed vertically along the right edge of the scan (card rotated 90 degrees).
Postmark: WAUKEGAN JUN 25 4 30 PM 1951 ILL. Divided-back real-photo postcard, glossy surface; light edge wear, faint creasing at corners.
Cite this card
Chapel of the Holy Name, Great Lakes, IL, 1951, postcard, c. 1951. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/chapel-of-the-holy-name-great-lakes-il-1951. Accessed November 2, 2026.
