Manoever Camp at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, 1911 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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A window into the past: Manoever Camp at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, 1911, preserved in this historic image. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Maneuver Camp at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas
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Manoever Camp at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, 1911
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Fort Sam Houston, on the northern edge of San Antonio, Texas, hosted a major Army maneuver camp in 1911, when troops trained in field exercises across the surrounding countryside. The post had been founded in 1876 and by then served as a key cavalry and infantry base for the Army's Southern Department, which made San Antonio a regular stop for soldiers moving between the Texas frontier and the Mexican border. The city itself was a commercial center of railroads, wholesale trade, cattle, and military payrolls, and its residents watched the camp's tents, horses, and supply wagons as a daily part of local life. That spring, unrest across the Rio Grande during the Mexican Revolution gave the training an added urgency, and the maneuvers showed San Antonians how closely their city was tied to national 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 × 1,056 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Maneuver Camp at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas |
| Reference | TX 1911 a Manoever Camp at Ft. Sam Houston |
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