United States military life: Mess Hall

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20046402

Description

Shown here is the interior of one of the newly finished mess halls at Camp Bowie, Brownwood, Texas, where the Thirty-Sixth Division will train. The hall is filled with highly polished tables and at the far end of the building, people are working in the kitchen. Electricity is used for lightening. The building is gas-heated and kitchen has gas stoves. Published in the Star-Telegram evening edition, December 4 1940.

Archival Date

1940-11

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1287

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Camp Bowie (Brown County, Tex.); Mess Halls; Interiors; Kitchens; Dining Tables; Stoves; Electricity; United States. Army. Division, 36th