Red Cross tent at Lancaster General Hospital during World War I.
Provenance
Collection of glass-plate negatives found in LCHS vault. Boxes were labeled "Lancaster Camera Club" but negatives are attributed to David Bachman Landis.
Photograph- Philip Charles Efinger, second from right, and three other unidentifed soldiers in uniform. Efinger served as Second Lieutenant in Co. D, 56th Infantry, United States Army during World War 1. Photo taken at Wauhatchie, Tennessee. Real photo post card.
Photograph- Philip Charles Efinger, second from right, and three other unidentifed soldiers in uniform. Efinger served as Second Lieutenant in Co. D, 56th Infantry, United States Army during World War 1. Photo taken at Wauhatchie, Tennessee. Real photo post card.
Description
Philip Charles Efinger, second from right, and three other unidentifed soldiers in uniform. Efinger served as Second Lieutenant in Co. D, 56th Infantry, United States Army during World War 1. Photo taken at Wauhatchie, Tennessee. Real photo post card.
Ella Rohrer married Philip Charles Efinger circa 1920. Ella attended nursing school at Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia, c. 1915. Philip served in World War 1 as an 2nd Lt. in Co. D, 56th Infantry, United States Army. Ella was a great-aunt of the donor, Richard Hauck.
Group of uniformed men posed in front of tents. William Rehm is last person on right, front row. Camp of Instruction, Mt. Gretna, PA May 10, 1910, Lt. McGat, Instructor, 4th Regiment.