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Trenches in Virginia

How Granddad Spent the War: My paternal grandfather spent WWI as an officer at a camp in Virginia training troops. He was in an Engineering Corps unit and part of the program was training new engineers to dig and maintain trenches. This was shot with a Kodak Vest Pocket Autographic on 127 size roll film. I have the negs he processed (this roll is heavily reticulated) and a few prints along with the camera and a few accessories.

How Granddad Spent the War: My paternal grandfather spent WWI as an officer at a camp in Virginia training troops. He was in an Engineering Corps unit and part of the program was training new engineers to dig and maintain trenches. This was shot with a Kodak Vest Pocket Autographic on 127 size roll film. I have the negs he processed (this roll is heavily reticulated) and a few prints along with the camera and a few accessories.

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Camp Humphreys

Since this was an Army engineering training ground located in Virginia, this is most likely Camp Humphreys, in Fairfax County not far from Washington, D.C. The grounds have changed and grown dramatically in the ensuing years, and the area is now known as Fort Belvoir.

Here's a link to a website describing the historic context of the facility, including a description of the original Camp Humphreys.

http://www.belvoirhousinghistory.com/history.html

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