| Collection |
Jessica Davis Stigman |
| Copyright |
Oshkosh Public Museum |
| Description |
Panoramic photograph of World War I, Base Hospital Personnel at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois. |
| Year Range from |
1918 |
| Event |
World War I |
| Year range to |
1918 |
| Medium |
Paper/Photographic Emulsion |
| Notes |
Panoramic long rolled portrait of nurses in the Army Nurse Corps and US Army Medical Corps personel standing in formation at Camp Grant in Rockford, IL. The nurses and soldiers are all in uniforms. Also visible are the band; ambulences; a motorcycle side car; wagons; horses; and the barracks.
Jessica Ann Davis was born in Omro, Wis. in 1890. According to her death certificate she moved to Rockford, Ill. in 1912. She attended nursing school at the Rockford Hospital Training School and graduated on June 11, 1918. On July 1, 1918 joined the Army Nurse Corp. She was stationed at the Base Hospital at Camp Grant, in Rockford, IL, and served at Camp Hospital No. 52 in Le Mans, France. She received her discharge on June 20, 1919. She worked as a nurse in Rockford, Ill until her retirement in 1959. She married a man by the name of Stigman who preceded her in death. She died June 14, 1964. |
| Object ID |
P2003.4.4 |
| Object Name |
Print, photographic |
| People |
Stigman, Jessica Davis
Davis, Jessica Ann |
| Place |
Rockford, IL |
| Print size |
10" x 38" |
| Subjects |
Female
Nurses
Military personnel
World War I
Group portraits
Soldiers
Hospitals
Military hospitals
Military medicine
Motorcycles
Ambulances
Bands
Military bands |
| Title |
Base Hospital Personnel, Camp Grant |
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Last modified on: December 12, 2009
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