Mobilization Camp Grayling, Michigan, 1917 – 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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Step back in time with Mobilization Camp Grayling, Michigan, 1917, a historic image rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Mobilization Camp, Grayling, Mich., August 1917
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Mobilization Camp Grayling, Michigan, 1917
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In 1917, Grayling was a small north-central Michigan town on the Au Sable River, and its economy still rested on the lumber trade that had stripped the region's white pine during the previous decades. After the United States entered the First World War that April, the federal government chose cutover land near the town for a training site, and Camp Grayling was built quickly that summer. It served as a mobilization camp for National Guard units, most notably the 32nd Division, drawn from Michigan and Wisconsin, which trained there before shipping to France in 1918. The arrival of thousands of soldiers brought new business to local merchants, lodging, and rail traffic, and it transformed a sleepy lumber community into a wartime town. Residents would have known the place as the site where their young men began their military service.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Creator | spencer & wyckoff |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Michigan |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,059 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Mobilization Camp, Grayling, Mich., August 1917 |
| Reference | MI Mobilization Camp Grayling 1917 |
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