Keywords: wwi raleigh united states laundry unitedstateslaundry photo border Interior view of the washing room in a warehouse building at the United States Laundry in Raleigh, N.C. Both black and white men and women are pictured working in the room. The laundry cleaned, pressed, and repaired the clothes for military personnel at various military cantonments; Camp Sevier in South Carolina; Camp Greene in Charlotte, N.C.; and Camp Jackson in South Carolina. It operated 24-hours a day, and employed 120 people (undated) [Photograph by: Ellington, Raleigh, N.C.]. From Box 11, North Carolina County War Records, WWI 2, WWI Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina. Interior view of the washing room in a warehouse building at the United States Laundry in Raleigh, N.C. Both black and white men and women are pictured working in the room. The laundry cleaned, pressed, and repaired the clothes for military personnel at various military cantonments; Camp Sevier in South Carolina; Camp Greene in Charlotte, N.C.; and Camp Jackson in South Carolina. It operated 24-hours a day, and employed 120 people (undated) [Photograph by: Ellington, Raleigh, N.C.]. From Box 11, North Carolina County War Records, WWI 2, WWI Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina. |