Collection	Jessica Davis Stigman
Copyright	Oshkosh Public Museum
Description	Panoramic halftone print of World War I, Base Hospital at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois.
Event	World War I
Medium	Paper//Ink
Notes	Panoramic long rolled halftone print of the Base Hospital at Camp Grant in Rockford, IL. Most of the structures of the hospital are visible. The Hospital opened in October 1917 and closed in July 1919. There is also a printed history of the facility on the print. 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	P2003.4.5
Object Name	Print, Halftone
People	Stigman, Jessica Davis Davis, Jessica Ann
Place	Rockford, IL
Print size	11" x 36"
Subjects	Medical aspects of war World War I Military hospitals
Title	Base Hospital, Camp Grant
Year Range from	1919
Year range to	1919

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