[Sgt. George V. Huffmon standing in front of the Monument to the Eight Medical Students in Old Havana]

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Sgt. George V. Huffmon, nurse in the U. S. Army Medical Corps is pictured in front of the Memorial to the Eight Medicine Students in Old Havana, Cuba. The back of this picture postcard is stamped May 29, 1907, Guanajay, Cuba and it arrived in Denton on June 4th, 1907. The postcard is addressed to Miss Hallie Thurmon, of Denton, Texas. Sgt. Huffmon was stationed during the Second Occupation of Cuba, which lasted from September 1906 to February of 1909. On the right front of the postcard Sgt. Huffmon wrote, "Received your card today. I've answered your last letter. Will … continued below

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1 picture postcard : b&w ; 5.5 x 3.5 in.

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Creator: Unknown. 1907~.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History and was provided by the Denton Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 37 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Sgt. George V. Huffmon, nurse in the U. S. Army Medical Corps is pictured in front of the Memorial to the Eight Medicine Students in Old Havana, Cuba. The back of this picture postcard is stamped May 29, 1907, Guanajay, Cuba and it arrived in Denton on June 4th, 1907. The postcard is addressed to Miss Hallie Thurmon, of Denton, Texas. Sgt. Huffmon was stationed during the Second Occupation of Cuba, which lasted from September 1906 to February of 1909. On the right front of the postcard Sgt. Huffmon wrote, "Received your card today. I've answered your last letter. Will be glad to answer another soon." The right side says, "The Student's Monument at Havana, Cuba. Myself standing beside it. The rings is [sic] wreaths of artificial flowers. The black square has the words Innocents written on it."

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1 picture postcard : b&w ; 5.5 x 3.5 in.

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On the back of the postcard is an address:

Hallie Thurman
Denton, TX

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From Plowshares to Diplomas: Digitizing Early Denton History

These materials include historic photographs, books, maps, city directories, and records from numerous Denton women's clubs. Funding for this project was provided by the Forrest C. Lattner Foundation.

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[Sgt. George V. Huffmon standing in front of the Monument to the Eight Medical Students in Old Havana], photograph, 1907~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11401/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.

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