Camp Devens Ayer, Massachusetts, 1918 – Antique Photo Print
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Camp Devens Ayer, Massachusetts, 1918 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Camp Devens Ayer, Massachusetts, 1918
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Camp Devens in 1918 was the Army's training ground for draftees from across Massachusetts, many of them mill hands, clerks, and farm laborers who had seldom left their home counties. Local draft boards in cities such as Lowell, Worcester, and Boston assigned men to the post, and they reached Ayer by rail with little more than a suitcase and a notice to report. Inside the cantonment they learned close-order drill, bayonet work, and the use of gas masks, under instructors who had served in the regular Army or the National Guard. For the Commonwealth's industrial towns, the camp was the first stop on the road to France, and it meant losing workers and sons to the uniform.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Massachusetts |
| Original scan | 5,306 × 992 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | MA Camp Devens Ayer 1918 |
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