12 RARE WW1 US MARINE CORPS 2ND DIVISION PARIS ISLAND IDd PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC For Sale

ORIGINAL! RARE!(12) WW1 US MARINE CORPS 2ND DIVISION MARINES PARRIS ISLAND PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC

RARE! TWELVE WW1 U.S. MARINE CORPS 2ND DIVISION MARINES AT PARRIS (PARIS) ISLAND. PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC.

REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS BY U.S.M.C. BAND MEMBER "CULP" OF U.S. MARINES OF THE 2ND DIVISION AT TRAINING STATION PARRIS (PARIS) ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA DURING TRAING JUST BEFORE EMBARKATION TO FRANCE. THE CAPTIONS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES WITH VERYOPTIMISTIC OUTCOMES PROJECTED IN FRANCE ALONG WITH GREAT PATRIOTISM.

ALL BUT 3 OF THE REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS ARE PERIOD HAND ID'd BY A 2ND DIVISION MARINE STATIONED AT THE TRAINING CAMP, ON THE REVERSES OF THE PHOTO POSTCARS.

CONDITIONS ARE POSTALLY UNUSED AND EXTREMELY FINE WITH SOME VERY LIGHT HANDLING FROM ITS 107+ YEARS.

IN CARD NUMBER #2 (ON THE LEFT, THE BUILDING IS MARKED WITH A LARGE SIGN STATING:

" 2ND DIVISION "

NICELY DONE ARTISTIC CAPTIONS HAND OPAQUED WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S NAME IN THE NEGATIVE OF A FEW:

#1 =====================

front:

Marine Training Station Paris Island, S.C.

THE BOYS WHO ARE SOON TO MAKE HISTORY IN FRANCE MAY BE IN GERMANY—YES?

back:

Notice the Captain’s dogs. They go wherever he does.

#2 =====================

front:

WITH THE MARINES AT PARIS ISLAND, S.C.

View of Main Street —New Camp (It happens to be pay day)

back:

I am sitting on the second bunch of grass.

#3 =====================

front:

MARINE TRAINING STATION PARIS ISLAND, S.C.

ON THE RIFLE RANGE— 300 YARDS, RAPID FIRE.— DOWN!

back:

Going down as the targets come out over the butts.

#4 =====================

front:

MARINE TRAINING STATION PARIS ISLAND, S.C.

RIFLE RANGE—SNAPPING IN

back:

Getting into position and learning to hold and swap is the hardest part of the rifle training.

#5 =====================

front:

MARINE TRAINING STATION PARIS ISLAND, S.C.

PUSH - BALL ONE OF THE SPORTS THAT HELPS KEEP THE MEN PHYSICALLY FIT

back:

Not only a sport but a hard physical drill

#6 =====================

front:

MARINE TRAINING STATION PARIS ISLAND, S.C.

ON THE RIFLE RANGE— TARGET BUTTS.

back:

This is the way the targets are numbered

#7 =====================

front:

WITH THE MARINES AT PARIS ISLAND, S.C.—

ON THE RIFLE RANGE— AT 600 YARDS SLOW FIRE SAND BAG REST

back:

Record Day

#8 ======================

front:

WITH THE MARINES AT PARIS ISLAND, S.C.—

COLORS UNDER GUARD—“LONG MAY THEY WAVE O’ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE”.

back:

In morning parade.

#9 ======================

front:

MARINE TRAINING STATION PARIS ISLAND, S.C.

MARKERS IN THE BUTTES RIFLE RANGE

#10 =====================

front:

BIRDS EYE VIEW OF DOCK PARIS ISLAND, S.C.

CULP U.S.M.C. BAND

#11 =====================

front:

BIRDS EYE VIEW MAIN BARRACKS PARIS ISLAND, S.C.

CULP U.S.M.C. BAND

back:

You can see the little tents we live in here. Away over in the background is the camp where we lived and in front of them is the drill grounds. Those black lines over there are companies at drill. The picture was taken from the top of officers’ Barracks.

#12 =====================

front:

MORNING COLORS. “OLD GLORY”

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VERY SHARP FOCUSES WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST ON ALL.

SEPIA.

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