National Guard Camp Mabry Austin, Texas, 1921 – Vintage Wall Art
(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 National Guard Camp Mabry Austin, Texas, 1921, 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: Texas National Guard, Brig. Gen'l. Wolters Com'd'g., Camp Mabry, 1921
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National Guard Camp Mabry Austin, Texas, 1921
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Austin, Texas in 1921 was the state capital of a large agricultural and oil-leaning state, with the University of Texas on the north side of downtown and the Colorado River shaping the city's parks and waterfront. Camp Mabry, on the western edge of town, served as the headquarters and training ground for the Texas National Guard, a role it had held since the early 1900s and kept as Guard units drilled, camped and rotated through the post. The legislature met in the new state capitol building, and Austin was a place where state government, the university and the military shared a small, close-knit civic life. Texans of the period would have known Camp Mabry as the Guard's home base, where summer encampments brought young men in from towns across the state.
| Created / published | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Creator | goldbeck, e. o. (eugene omar), national photo service |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 927 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Texas National Guard, Brig. Gen'l. Wolters Com'd'g., Camp Mabry, 1921 |
| Reference | TX 1921 National Guard Camp Mabry Austin |
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