JAKE JACOBS’ PHOTO COLLECTION

Gudmund “Jake” Jacobs of Detroit, Michigan was sent to Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas to train for service in World War I. While he was there, he purchased photo postcards and mailed them to Miss Mable Thurston in Detroit, Michigan, whom he later married. After Waco, the war took Jake to France where he served and carried wounded soldiers off the battlefields on stretchers. Jake’s great-niece Averill Tune sent this collection to us, and we gratefully received them. Many of these photo postcards are familiar to us, but these are in pristine condition.

Gudmund “Jake” Jacobs Memorial:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188383083/gudmund-jacobs

Mable Thurston Jacobs Memorial:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188383093/mabel-jacobs

George Randall Scott
Bryan- College Station, Texas
November 6, 2023

Jake Jacobs and four friends. Location not known.
Jake in Sauvignon, France. April 20, 1919.
Jake in Sauvignon, France. April 20, 1919.
Company Street, Camp MacArthur, Waco, Texas
Section “B” Camp MacArthur, Waco, Texas. Photo by F. Mann.
A Company Street, Camp MacArthur, Waco, Texas.
Headquarters, Camp MacArthur, Waco, Texas. This is the northwest corner of N. 19th Street and Park Lake Drive.
A typical Scene on Washday at Camp MacArthur, Waco, Texas.
Photo by F. Mann.
Y.M.C.A Headquarters, Camp MacArthur, Waco,Texas.
Lovers Leap Near Camp MacArthur, Waco, Texas.
Photo by F.Mann.
Scene in Waco’s Dream of Beauty, Cameron park, Waco, Texas.
Humorous postcard.
In a Practice Trench. Not at Camp MacArthur.
In the Trenches. Not at Waco.
This newspaper clipping from The Detroit Free Press, Sunday, July 10, 1921 was contributed by Ron Cook.

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