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[Army camp looking at mail delivery] – Vintage Wall Art

[Army camp looking at mail delivery], [1915(?)] — historic photograph
[Army camp looking at mail delivery], [1915(?)]. 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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Soldiers gather around a mail delivery at an army camp in this print, a scene that shows how much letters and parcels mattered to men living in temporary quarters. The Library of Congress dates it to about 1915, a period when the U.S. Army was expanding and moving troops between posts, so camp life was often rough and unsettled. Mail from home was one of the few steady links to family and familiar routines, and the arrival of a postal wagon or carrier could be a welcome break in the day. The record is brief, so the exact camp and the people pictured are not identified.

Created / published[1915(?)]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
SubjectsMilitary life--1910-1920 Postal service--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,285 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-183820

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