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[Aliens standing in line during transfer from Fort McPherson to Fort Oglethorpe] – Antique Wall Art

[Aliens standing in line during transfer from Fort McPherson to Fort Oglethorpe], [1918?] — historic photograph
[Aliens standing in line during transfer from Fort McPherson to Fort Oglethorpe], [1918?]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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: [Aliens standing in line during transfer from Fort McPherson to Fort Oglethorpe], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Aliens standing in line during transfer from Fort McPherson to Fort Oglethorpe]

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Men standing in a line during a transfer from Fort McPherson in Georgia make up the scene here, with the record noting their move on to Fort Oglethorpe. During the First World War, the United States detained noncitizens from countries it was fighting, mostly German and Austro-Hungarian nationals, and held many of them at army posts in the South. Photographs like this one, dated around 1918 in the catalog, show how such transfers were handled as routine administrative and military procedure. The image is worth a closer look for the orderly rows and the uniformed escort, which hint at the regulated, everyday side of wartime detention.

Created / published[1918?]
Medium1 photographic. print.
GenrePhotographic. prints 1910-1920.
SubjectsWorld War, 1914-1918--Detention facilities--American--1910-1920. Queues--Georgia--Fort McPherson--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,276 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-182995

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