Hospital train cars, U. S. Army 1917; b & w photographic images from Major General Hugh F. Foster, Jr. (Ret.) to Arthur D. Dubin, 1986 and correspondence, 1986, also relating to 1898 Hospital Cars.

Title

Hospital train cars, U. S. Army 1917; b & w photographic images from Major General Hugh F. Foster, Jr. (Ret.) to Arthur D. Dubin, 1986 and correspondence, 1986, also relating to 1898 Hospital Cars.

Subject

Hospital trains

Description

This letter in the envelope shown accompanied the five small photographs of 1917 U.S. Army Hospital train cars sent by Maj. Gen'l. Hugh F. Foster, Jr. to Arthur D. Dubin, Highland Park, IL, in 1986.

There are two exterior views and three interior views of 1917 hsopital cars pictured.  

The correspondence file and the detailed information on the backs of the photos, also scanned here, explain the five images.  

Maj. General Foster, 1918-2004, served in world War II with the Camanche code whisperers, and remained interested in Indian matters throughout his life.  He also served in subsequent conflicts, attended the Army War College, etc.  

Dubin, Lake Forest ASTP '47, was a Ul. of Michigan trained architect living in Highland Park, IL, who attended lake Forst College in 1943 in the Army Special Training Program.  He was an expert on railroad passenger cars and their design and vafriations.  

Creator

Foster, Hugh F., Jr.

Date

1986

Rights

https://www.lakeforest.edu/library/archives/permission.php

Format

application/pdf

Language

eng

Type

Collection

Citation

Foster, Hugh F., Jr., “Hospital train cars, U. S. Army 1917; b & w photographic images from Major General Hugh F. Foster, Jr. (Ret.) to Arthur D. Dubin, 1986 and correspondence, 1986, also relating to 1898 Hospital Cars.,” Digital Collections - Lake Forest College, accessed November 23, 2024, https://collections.lakeforest.edu/items/show/5399.

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