“Yip Yip Yaphank” Musical Composed and Produced by Sergeant Irving Berlin
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989
Camp Upton (N.Y.)
World War, 1914-1918
Musical revues & comedies--New York (State)--Camp Upton
Facsimile of a 1917 souvenir cover of Irving Berlin’s musical “Yip Yip Yaphank,” which featured an all-soldier cast. (B&W)
Camp Upton History Collection. Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Published Date: 1980s?
Michael O'Connor
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Postcard
Postcard Collection YA019
Yaphank, NY
Upton, NY
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989
Camp Upton (N.Y.)
World War, 1914-1918
Soldiers--New York (State)--Yaphank
United States.--Army--Barracks and quarters
Facsimile of a 1917 photograph of recruits (wearing civilian clothes) in a barracks at Camp Upton. Printed text on verso states that while songwriter Irving Berlin, who wrote “Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning,” was not pictured in the photograph, he did receive his basic training at Camp Upton during World War I. The text also provides information about Camp Upton and its subsequent transformation into Brookhaven National Laboratory. (B&W)
Brookhaven National Laboratory, P.O. Box 5000, Upton, N.Y., 11973. 4-1173-78. www.bnl.gov.
c.1990s
Michael O'Connor
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Postcard
Postcard Collection YA003
Yaphank, NY
Upton, NY