[Group of soldiers lined up outside]

Photograph of a group of soldiers lined up outside a building at the Aviation Ground School at Ohio State University, circa summer 1917. The inscription notes that this was taken on pay day.

Inscription on album page: "Aviation Ground School. Ohio State University. Columbus, O. June, July, Aug 1917. Pay day. Big game in sight."

Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a few pieces of ephemera, circa 1917-1919. The photos trace Kennedy's military career from his infantry training in the United States to his service in France during World War I and post-war service in Germany.

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