Motor Corps Co. of Minn, Minnesota, 1918 – Antique Photo 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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Motor Corps Co. of Minn, Minnesota, 1918 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: [Motor Corps Co. of Minn.}
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Motor Corps Co. of Minn, Minnesota, 1918
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In 1918 Minnesota was deep in the First World War, and a motor corps company like this one shows how civilian volunteers who could drive and repair vehicles were pulled into the war effort at home. Trucks and automobiles were needed to haul supplies, move materiel and support defense work, and the state council of defense promoted such service alongside Liberty Loan drives and food conservation. The state's economy rested on wheat, dairy, lumber and iron ore, with Minneapolis milling flour and Duluth shipping Mesabi Range ore from its harbor. By autumn the influenza pandemic had reached Minnesota, and many communities closed schools and banned public gatherings, which ended the wartime parades and drills that had filled the months before.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Creator | schawang, peter |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Minnesota |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,428 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Motor Corps Co. of Minn.} |
| Reference | MN Motor Corps Co. of Minn 1918 |
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