Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Sumner Cobb served stateside during WWI. He was stationed at two military bases during his time: Camp Devens in Massachusetts and Camp Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky. He didn't face dangers of overseas warfare and life in the trenches, but was at risk of contracting the Spanish Flu. It was spreading throughout the home front at the end of the war. He wrote about it frequently in his letters home between September and October 1918.
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About This Item
- Title: Sumner Cobb writes from Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, 1918
- Creator: Sumner Chase Cobb
- Creation Date: 1918-10-11
- Subject Date: 1918-10-11
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Locations:
- Camp Taylor, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
- Woodfords, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 14 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 2824, Box 2/3
- Collection: Cobb brothers World War I correspondence
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Camp Zachary Taylor (Ky.)
- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919--Kentucky
- Mothers and sons--Maine--Correspondence
- World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, American
People
Other Keywords
- Cobb Brothers
- Correspondence
- homefront
- Illness
- Military base
- Mother and Son letters
- Sickness
- Spanish Flu
- Stateside
- training camp
- War
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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