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Facsimile of a 1917 photograph of the YMCA and Recreation Hall buildings at Camp Upton. (B&W)

Facsimile of a 1917 photograph of incoming “doughboys” (recruits) being inspected. Capt. James Roosevelt, a nephew of Theodore Roosevelt, is pictured at right. (B&W)

Facsimile of a 1917 photograph of recruits (wearing civilian clothes) of various nationalities in a barracks at Camp Upton. (B&W)

Facsimile of a 1917 souvenir cover of Irving Berlin’s musical “Yip Yip Yaphank,” which featured an all-soldier cast. (B&W)

Facsimile of a 1917 photograph of soldiers from Camp Upton’s Motor Transport Co. No. 236 sitting in or standing near Army transport vehicles. (B&W)

Facsimile of a 1917 photograph of Sgt. Irving Berlin and two soldiers (dressed as women) in Berlin’s “Yip Yip Yaphank” musical revue. (B&W)

View of a group of soldiers playing basketball outside at Camp Upton. Message and addressee information, both handwritten, on verso. (Color)

View of a group of soldiers exercising outside barracks at Camp Upton. (B&W)

Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) was the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. He was also the former Governor of New Jersey and the President of Princeton University. He was in office during World War I and was one of the four main…