Manoevre Camp at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, 1911 – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Manoevre Camp at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, 1911, a historic image rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: [Manoevre Camp at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas]
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Manoevre Camp at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, 1911
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Fort Sam Houston, on the northern edge of San Antonio, Texas, was in 1911 a major army post and the seat of the Army's Southern Department, and the maneuver camp shown here was set up to train troops for the unsettled border. The Mexican Revolution had begun in 1910, and that spring Porfirio Díaz resigned, so American officers kept a close eye on the Rio Grande and on the frontier garrisons. San Antonio itself was a city of streetcars, breweries, wholesale trade, and military payrolls, and its residents had long grown used to soldiers drilling on the prairie north of town. Maneuvers of this kind brought cavalry, artillery, and supply wagons into view across open ground, and they gave the city a visible stake in the nation's defense.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Creator | brack, a. a. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,039 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Manoevre Camp at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas] |
| Reference | TX 1911 Manoevre Camp at Ft. Sam Houston |
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