Photograph of Sergeant Joseph F. Bold Rockford Public Library Local History Archives Military Collection
WWI
Diary of Sergeant Joseph F Bold
Sgt. J.F. Bold (Ambulance Company 344 -311th Sanitation Train), a Rockford resident, details his activities in WWI in an unusual 55 page typed diary, from august 24,1918 (Camp Grant IL) to his discharge on January 31, 1919.
Rockford Public Library Local History Archives – Military Collection
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Education, Business and Social Interests Important to First African-Americans
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Camp Grant, WWI
Trained a Quarter Million Men in 28 months in World War 1
Source: Nuggets of History, Vol. XVII No 3 Summer 1980 p 5 “A Brief Municipal History of Rockford”
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Cassaro, Michele
born 2/27/1886 Italy married 1908 Italy died 7/29/1959 WWI vet
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Camp Grant, WWI – Office No. 2, Mess Hall
Source: History of the Camp Mess Supply, Camp Grant, Illinois as Told by the Camera; WWI
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Camp Grant – Camp Mess Supply 1918
Source: History of the Camp Mess Supply, Camp Grant, as Told by the Camera
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Camp Grant
Source: postcard for sale on www.ebay.com photo is from 1917
Source: Rockford Register Republic 3/2/1941
Source: above photos of baseball players, from Camp Grant Clippings April 20, 1942 – July 7, 1942
Source: Rockford Register Republic 4/29/1942 & Camp Grant Clippings April 20, 1942 – 7-Jul-42
Source: Camp Grant Clippings April 20, 1942 – 7-July 1942
Source: Camp Grant Clippings April 20, 1942 – 7-Jul- 1942
Source: Rockford Morning Star 12/11/1957
Source: Rock River Times November 10-16, 2010 Vol. 18, No. 3
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Camp Grant Mess Hall – 1917, WWI
Source: History of the Camp Mess Supply 1917-1918, Camp Grant, IL
Above: General Office, Camp Mess Supply, Camp Grant 1917
Below: Warehouse, trucks delivering food
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Orpheum Theater
118 N. Main St. Manager, Harry E. Grampp
Source: 1919 Rockford City Directory
Source: Orpheum Theater p24 Rockford 1900 – World War I by Eric A. Johnson 977.331 J661r
Source: Rockford Morning Star 7/8/2010
Source: Rockford Morning Star 2/5/1920
Source: Rockford Morning Star 8/19/1923
