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Soldiers making music at Camp Mills, Mineola, Long Island, New York, circa 1918

Subjects
Crowds & GatheringsMilitary Branches & Training CampsWorld War I
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Soldiers making music at Camp Mills, Mineola, Long Island, New York, circa 1918, Clara Lundberg, IL, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Back of Soldiers making music at Camp Mills, Mineola, Long Island, New York, circa 1918, Clara Lundberg, IL, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A group of soldiers in khaki uniforms and wide-brimmed campaign hats pose on a grassy field, the front row seated with guitars and a mandolin while the rest stand behind them. The card's own caption calls the scene "Music in the Air at Camp Mills, Mineola, Long Island, N.Y." Camp Mills was a large World War I cantonment established in 1917 on Long Island, used by the 42nd "Rainbow" Division and later as a demobilization and National Guard camp; informal singing and string-band music were common pastimes for troops in training.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hello Clara how are you I am well [illegible] to me in New [illegible] Feb 1913

PublisherS. Wilhelms Corp.
MUSIC IN THE AIR AT CAMP MILLS, MINEOLA, LONG ISLAND, N. Y. --- POST CARD Address Only FAMOUS SUPERIOR QUALITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD S. Wilhelms Corp., New York and Brooklyn. Printed in U.S.A.
Stamp
Addressed to
Clara Lundberg

#9. Chestnut St, Galesburg, IL

Postcard record

PublisherS. Wilhelms Corp.
Series222729
ConditionGood
Place addressedClara Lundberg, #9. Chestnut St, Galesburg, IL
PublisherS. Wilhelms Corp., New York, NY
Stamp2c George Washington, red
NotesWhite border; color halftone printing with visible screen; card number 222729 at lower right and a small "I.F.S." imprint with copyright mark at the left edge; light soiling/staining along the top edge. Postmark: [illegible] 1918 [illegible] AM. Divided-back card with white border, dated 1918 in the message; S. Wilhelms Corp. imprint; light edge wear and a few creases.

Cite this card

Soldiers making music at Camp Mills, Mineola, Long Island, New York, circa 1918, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/soldiers-making-music-at-camp-mills-mineola-long-island-new. Accessed October 24, 2026.