Officers Row, Fort Thomas
left, The Armory. c. WWI
right, Commissary, c. WWI
Fort Thomas Scene
left, At Entrance of
Y.M.C.A. Building, Fort Thomas
right, Library at the YMCA
left, Inside of the Fort Thomas YMCA, 1918
right, Another Y.M.C.A. Building, Fort Thomas
Army YMCA, Fort Thomas
I don't trust this card. If it's the Fort Thomas,
YMCA,
what am I to think of the building in the four prior images?
Why is the fort named just stamped on the card?
Is this a generic card that they passed out to
every fort, with a rubber stamp? Who knows....
The Blue Images, from upper left, are
The Chapel, Inspection at the Barracks, Splinter City
The Mess Hall, Company Barracks
Fitting Shoes (*trivia), New Recruits, New Brick Barracks
(all are unknown dates)
The New Brick Barracks in Fort Thomas
Finance Office, Fort Thomas, July 13, 1943
Target Practice, c. 1910
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Target practice wasn't always done at the Fort itself. Troops were sometimes marched to a location down on the Licking River, off Licking Pike for target practice. Hence the name, "Rifle Range Road." Background buildings indicate, however, that this image was taken at the Fort. |
Knights of Columbus Hall, Fort Thomas
Barracks, Fort Thomas
Looking west toward the domiciliary, 1946
"Hi, Honey, I thought you might like this card for your
collection as in this building the old master eats,
sleeps, and works, Love and kisses, Eddie."
Interior of Mess Hall, Fort Thomas
The above eight pages are all Fort Scenes from just before
World War I.
Each image has captions at the bottom of it.
| Cincinnati, July 18. - General Phil Sheridan was here today looking after a new site for the United States Army Barracks at Newport, Ky. He said: "Twelve sites are offered. The object is to get much more ground in a location out of the reach of the high water in the Ohio River. I shall stay here until I inspect all of the sites." - NY Times, July 19, 1887. |
