This one is from World War I.
7th Vacation Ball. February calendar.
On the poster, an army soldier and a navy sailor saluting a young woman holding an American flag.
"Under the Auspices of the Vacation Association, Inc. 7TH VACATION BALL -- GRAND CENTRAL PALACE --Lincoln's Birthday -- Feb. 12, 1918 -- 8 P.M. -- Admission Fifty vents -- Including Hat Check -- THE BALL WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION."
Two floors of the Grand Central Palace's twelve floors served as a dance hall until September 1918 when the building was leased to the U.S. government. Once the government refitted the building, the Grand Central palace became the largest military hospital in the nation, caring for 18,190 injured and sick returning World War I veterans.
I wonder if they also took care of those who had the influenza from the Great Epidemic?
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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