Carl N. Netscher, left, and three men with whom he formed a musical quartet while in camp at Colorado during service in World War I. Netscher later served in France.
Watchmen for the railroad bridge at Safe Harbor during World War I. Standing left to right are George W. Myers, Henry H. Aston, ?, ?, ?, Victor Myers, and ?. Seated men are unidentified.
S. Howard Wilson and Laura Barley at Camp Meade, Maryland, where Howard was serving in the Army during World War I. The couple got engaged at Camp Meade.
Rodney Peaco was a member of Lancaster's Mt. Horeb Lodge when he entered the military in 1914 and served in the Quartermaster Corps. He is shown here, kneeling at far right, with fellow soldiers wearing Masonic aprons over their military uniforms. Peaco served with General Pershing in the 1916 - 1917 search for Mexican outlaw Pancho Villa.
Aviation School at Ft. Snelling, Minnesota. "Pal" Brown was phys. director.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-63, the Johnny Houck Collection. Houck was a local boxing historian and brother of noted local boxer Leo Houck. The Houcks grew up in Lancaster's Cabbage Hill neighborhood and were known as all-around athletes.
