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This is a real-photo postcard showing newly-minted soldiers leaving Fort Thomas, Kentucky for their training assignments. Fort Thomas was a recruit depot, and civilian recruits arrived here for processing and transition to their official training locations. When they arrived, they were in civilian clothes, but as you can see in this photo, when they left, they were in nice new uniforms.
This postcard is, of course, a sepia toned black and white photo, but the caption handstamp on the face is very definitely in purple ink.
The back of the card is cancelled by the Columbia machine cancel of Newport, Kentucky (the town nearest Fort Thomas), dated August 11, 1917. The writer is a soldier who got a position in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps. He gives his return address at Fort Thomas, but most soldiers were quickly transferred from this facility.
In the message he states that he is in the 257th Aero Squadron. This unit is listed by the Army as a "training" organization. They went over to France in mid 1918 and served until mid 1919.
Just a note on the date of this postcard: the great majority of First World War letters and cards are seen when the massive numbers of draftees and recruits started to train at the large camps in the U.S. This card dates from before that time period, when the military was taking only recruits. It is harder to find cards and letters from this earlier period of 1917.
This historic post office is one of the many post offices that were built across America during the Great Depression as a part of the New Deal. It still retains a mural from when it was completed in 1939.
Artist: Lucienne Bloch
Title: "General G.H. Thomas and Philip Sheridan"
Year: 1942
It is a tempera mural located in the 1939 Fort Thomas post office.
Fort Thomas is a southern suburb of Cincinnati in Northern Kentucky's Campbell County.
Built in 1937-1938, and dedicated in 1939, this Romanesque Revival-style church was built to serve the Catholic population living in the central and southern portions of Fort Thomas. The parish has existed since 1902, when the first Saint Thomas church and school was built at the corner of Tremont Avenue and Grand Avenue, a few blocks west of the present church. The first building on the present site, which presently forms the nucleus of St. Thomas Catholic School, was built as a combination church and school in 1920-22 The church features a limestone exterior, a latin cross-shaped footprint with gable ends with gable parapets, a high central nave and lower aisles with shed roofs, roman arched stained glass windows, a front rose window, entry doors with blind arches above featuring decorative reliefs, a front door inside an arched portal with decorative carved stone details and an arched stone relief panel above the door, a blind arched arcade with doric pilasters above the front rose window flanking a central arched niche with a sculpture of Saint Thomas in the middle of the facade, a corner bell tower with a square footprint, pyramidal hipped roof, copper cross atop the roof, and arched louvers, and a semi-circular rear apse. The church today has several additional parish buildings around it, including the buildings of the St. Thomas Catholic School, built in multiple stages between 1920 and the 1960s, a rectory, built in the mid-20th Century, and the Providence Center, also built in the mid-20th Century.
Tower Park
Fort Thomas, KY
6.25in Rifle No.?? "El Bellisario"
-Barcelona I De Jvnio De 1768
-No.?? Cobre De Estaño De America ???? (rest barely legible)
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-El Bellisario
One of the more unusual features, at least if you're used to more modern (or more American) artillery.
Built in 1927, this Mission Revival-style Sears Kit House, an Alhambra model, features a hipped roof, mission gables at the wall dormers and front porch, stucco cladding, replacement windows, side oriel windows, wide overhanging eaves, and a partially covered front porch with stucco-clad columns and walls.
Tower Park
Fort Thomas, KY
6.25in Rifle No.?? "El Bellisario"
-Barcelona I De Jvnio De 1768
-No.?? Cobre De Estaño De America ???? (rest barely legible)
-??
-El Bellisario
Apparently captured from an unknown Spanish warship in Havana Harbor. Having been 130 years old at that point, these would have been almost comically useless against the more modern armaments fielded by the American fleet. Bore size is approximate.
Built in 1937-1938, and dedicated in 1939, this Romanesque Revival-style church was built to serve the Catholic population living in the central and southern portions of Fort Thomas. The parish has existed since 1902, when the first Saint Thomas church and school was built at the corner of Tremont Avenue and Grand Avenue, a few blocks west of the present church. The first building on the present site, which presently forms the nucleus of St. Thomas Catholic School, was built as a combination church and school in 1920-22 The church features a limestone exterior, a latin cross-shaped footprint with gable ends with gable parapets, a high central nave and lower aisles with shed roofs, roman arched stained glass windows, a front rose window, entry doors with blind arches above featuring decorative reliefs, a front door inside an arched portal with decorative carved stone details and an arched stone relief panel above the door, a blind arched arcade with doric pilasters above the front rose window flanking a central arched niche with a sculpture of Saint Thomas in the middle of the facade, a corner bell tower with a square footprint, pyramidal hipped roof, copper cross atop the roof, and arched louvers, and a semi-circular rear apse. The church today has several additional parish buildings around it, including the buildings of the St. Thomas Catholic School, built in multiple stages between 1920 and the 1960s, a rectory, built in the mid-20th Century, and the Providence Center, also built in the mid-20th Century.
Built in the mid-20th Century, this Modern armory was constructed around the time Fort Thomas was decommissioned, and serves as the main United States Army Reserve center for Campbell County, Kentucky. The building features a series of low-slope gabled and shed roofs of varying heights, concrete pilasters, red brick exterior, opaque spandrel panels, steel and aluminum windows, a concrete base, and a recessed front entry porch. The building is an excellent and well-preserved example of a mid-20th Century modern armory building.
Starbucks was the place, so I'm making it that place again. Learning to not let go of things you love.
Tower Park
Fort Thomas, KY
6.25in Rifle No.82 "El Grave"
-Barcelona 99 De Jvlio De 1769
-No.82 (?) Cobre De Estaño De America ???? (rest hard to decipher)
-??
-El Grave
Captured from an unknown Spanish warship in Havana Harbor. Bore size is a best guess measurement, and may not be exact.
Tower Park
Fort Thomas, KY
6.25in Rifle No.?? "El Bellisario"
-Barcelona I De Jvnio De 1768
-No.?? Cobre De Estaño De America ???? (rest barely legible)
-??
-El Bellisario
Apparently captured from an unknown Spanish warship in Havana Harbor. Having been 130 years old at that point, these would have been almost comically useless against the more modern armaments fielded by the American fleet. Bore size is approximate.
Tower Park
Fort Thomas, KY
6.25in Rifle No.82 "El Grave"
-Barcelona 99 De Jvlio De 1769
-No.82 (?) Cobre De Estaño De America ???? (rest hard to decipher)
-??
-El Grave
Captured from an unknown Spanish warship in Havana Harbor. Bore size is a best guess measurement, and may not be exact.
Tower Park
Fort Thomas, KY
6.25in Rifle No.82 "El Grave"
-Barcelona 99 De Jvlio De 1769
-No.82 (?) Cobre De Estaño De America ???? (rest hard to decipher)
-??
-El Grave
Artist: Lucienne Bloch
Title: "General G.H. Thomas and Philip Sheridan"
Year: 1942
It is a tempera mural located in the 1939 Fort Thomas post office.
Fort Thomas is a southern suburb of Cincinnati in Northern Kentucky's Campbell County.
Built circa 1890, this Queen Anne-style house features a hipped slate roof with multiple gables clad in shingles, a circular corner tower with a conical roof, painted brick exterior, rusticated stone base, enclosed wrap-around sun porch with square columns and a hipped roof, one-over-one double-hung windows and replacement windows, bracketed eaves, and gabled roof dormers.
Built in 1939
Fort Thomas is a southern suburb of Cincinnati in Northern Kentucky's Campbell County.
Built in 1939
Fort Thomas is a southern suburb of Cincinnati in Northern Kentucky's Campbell County.
Built in 1890, this Romanesque Revival-style armory was constructed as a drill hall, serving as part of the former US Army base at Fort Thomas, which was active from 1890 until 1964. The building features a front and rear gable roof with a red brick exterior, parapets at the gable ends with terra cotta caps, a rusticated stone base, arched window and door openings with nine-over-nine and six-over-six double hung windows and some window transoms, stone sills, large arched entrance openings on the front and rear facades with a large transom made up of multiple sections above the rear entry door and a front entranceway with concrete block infill, an iron portcullis, and small windows flanking the central solid metal double entry door. The sides of the building feature buttresses, large triple double-hung windows, and stone belt coursing, and the interior features a large open space with a cambered fink truss roof structure and wooden floor measuring ninety feet wide and one hundred feet long. The building served as the drill hall for Fort Thomas during its operation, before becoming a public recreation center upon the closure of the military base in 1964. The building has a connection to the tragic fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club May 28, 1977, with many of the dead being brought to the armory for processing, as it was the largest nearby building where the remains of 162 people who died during the fire could be brought, with three people surviving the fire but dying from their injuries in the following days and months. The building is a contributing structure in the Fort Thomas Military Reservation Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Built circa 1910, this Colonial Revival-style house was constructed as non-commissioned officers quarters as part of the former US Army base at Fort Thomas, which was active from 1890 until 1964. The house features a front gable roof, a red brick exterior, rusticated stone base, wood-frame side addition with a shed roof and concrete base, six-over-six and four-over-four double-hung windows with stone sills, an oxeye attic window, and front and rear porches with hipped roofs, tuscan columns, wooden railings, and open pier foundations. The building presently serves as the Fort Thomas Historical Museum, and is a contributing structure in the Fort Thomas Military Reservation Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Built in 1937-1938, and dedicated in 1939, this Romanesque Revival-style church was built to serve the Catholic population living in the central and southern portions of Fort Thomas. The parish has existed since 1902, when the first Saint Thomas church and school was built at the corner of Tremont Avenue and Grand Avenue, a few blocks west of the present church. The first building on the present site, which presently forms the nucleus of St. Thomas Catholic School, was built as a combination church and school in 1920-22 The church features a limestone exterior, a latin cross-shaped footprint with gable ends with gable parapets, a high central nave and lower aisles with shed roofs, roman arched stained glass windows, a front rose window, entry doors with blind arches above featuring decorative reliefs, a front door inside an arched portal with decorative carved stone details and an arched stone relief panel above the door, a blind arched arcade with doric pilasters above the front rose window flanking a central arched niche with a sculpture of Saint Thomas in the middle of the facade, a corner bell tower with a square footprint, pyramidal hipped roof, copper cross atop the roof, and arched louvers, and a semi-circular rear apse. The church today has several additional parish buildings around it, including the buildings of the St. Thomas Catholic School, built in multiple stages between 1920 and the 1960s, a rectory, built in the mid-20th Century, and the Providence Center, also built in the mid-20th Century.
Built in 1922, this Swiss Chalet, Prairie, and Arts and Crafts-style house features a front gable roof with large decorative brackets on the gable end, stucco cladding on the exterior of the third floor, a juliet balcony on the third floor at the front window with decorative brackets and a sawn balustrade, a red wire brick exterior on the first and second floors, a rusticated stone base, replacement windows, stone sills, a two-story side bay window, one-story side oriel window with a shed roof clad in stucco, and a front porch with brick corner columns that penetrate the porch’s hipped roof and terminate in two round urns at the top, a brick railing, and a wooden floor.
Built in 1937-1938, and dedicated in 1939, this Romanesque Revival-style church was built to serve the Catholic population living in the central and southern portions of Fort Thomas. The parish has existed since 1902, when the first Saint Thomas church and school was built at the corner of Tremont Avenue and Grand Avenue, a few blocks west of the present church. The first building on the present site, which presently forms the nucleus of St. Thomas Catholic School, was built as a combination church and school in 1920-22 The church features a limestone exterior, a latin cross-shaped footprint with gable ends with gable parapets, a high central nave and lower aisles with shed roofs, roman arched stained glass windows, a front rose window, entry doors with blind arches above featuring decorative reliefs, a front door inside an arched portal with decorative carved stone details and an arched stone relief panel above the door, a blind arched arcade with doric pilasters above the front rose window flanking a central arched niche with a sculpture of Saint Thomas in the middle of the facade, a corner bell tower with a square footprint, pyramidal hipped roof, copper cross atop the roof, and arched louvers, and a semi-circular rear apse. The church today has several additional parish buildings around it, including the buildings of the St. Thomas Catholic School, built in multiple stages between 1920 and the 1960s, a rectory, built in the mid-20th Century, and the Providence Center, also built in the mid-20th Century.