Camp Murray, Gearhart, Oregon, 1914 – 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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A window into the past: Camp Murray, Gearhart, Oregon, 1914, preserved in this historic image. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Camp Murray, Gearhart Oregon; Oregon, Idaho National Guard and 21st Infantry
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Camp Murray, Gearhart, Oregon, 1914
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In 1914, Gearhart was a small summer resort on the Clatsop Plains of the northern Oregon coast, a short distance south of Seaside and reached by rail and road from Astoria. Its visitors came for the beach, the surf, and the hotel and cottage life, while the surrounding plains supported dairy farms and the lumber and fishing trades of the lower Columbia kept nearby Astoria busy. This panoramic view shows a tent camp of soldiers spread across open ground, a reminder that the state's militia used coastal sites for summer training in those years. That same summer, war broke out in Europe, and talk of national preparedness began drawing attention to drills like these, though the United States would not enter the fighting until 1917.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Creator | woodfield, frank (frank w.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Oregon |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,413 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Camp Murray, Gearhart Oregon; Oregon, Idaho National Guard and 21st Infantry |
| Reference | OR 1914 Camp Murray, Gearhart |
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