Birds eye Camp Custer, Michigan, 1917 – Antique Wall Map
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Birds eye Camp Custer, Michigan, 1917. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Birds eye Camp Custer, Michigan, 1917
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Camp Custer, near Battle Creek in Calhoun County, Michigan, was built in 1917 as one of the National Army cantonments created after the United States entered the First World War. Construction crews raised rows of barracks, mess halls, and drill fields on farmland outside the city, and the work drew workers and contractors into a town already known for its cereal and food manufacturing. The camp was named for George Armstrong Custer, and it would train draftees from Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana for service in France. Battle Creek residents watched the new post change their town's population, traffic, and daily life almost overnight. This aerial view records the layout as the camp was filling with recruits, months before the influenza epidemic of 1918 would strain its hospitals.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Michigan |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 524 px · prints to 18 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | MI Birds eye Camp Custer 1917 |
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