Nebraska National Guard, 1917 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Nebraska National Guard, 1917 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Official photo, State Historical Society, Sanitary Co., Fourth Nebraska National Guard
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Nebraska National Guard, 1917
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In 1917, Nebraska's National Guard was being drawn into the national mobilization as the United States prepared to enter the First World War that April. The state's economy rested on farming, cattle and hog raising, and grain shipped by rail, with Omaha serving as a major railroad and meatpacking center and Lincoln as the seat of state government and the University of Nebraska. Many Nebraska men who had served on the Mexican border in 1916 were still in uniform, and towns across the state held send-off gatherings as companies left for training camps. Neighbors read the local papers closely for word of which units would go and when. This photograph records a Guard formation at a moment when a peacetime militia was becoming a wartime force.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Creator | mcandrews, p. j. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Nebraska |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,079 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Official photo, State Historical Society, Sanitary Co., Fourth Nebraska National Guard |
| Reference | NE Nebraska National Guard 1 1917 |
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