Officers, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1919 – 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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Officers, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1919 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Officeres [sic] and Office Force Hdqrs., Southern Department, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb. 18th 1919
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Officers, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1919
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Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, in 1919 was one of the most important U.S. Army posts in the Southwest, a sprawling installation on the city's north side that had served as a cavalry and infantry base since the 1870s. The year came just after the First World War armistice, when the army was demobilizing its wartime camps and sending officers back to their home stations. San Antonio itself was a rail and military city whose economy leaned on the post, the Southern Pacific and Missouri-Kansas-Texas lines, and a growing population of soldiers and their families. The 1918 influenza epidemic had only recently passed through Army camps across the country, and the post's officers were returning to a peacetime routine of training, horse-era drills and garrison duty. This group portrait shows the commissioned men gathered as a unit, a record of the officer corps at a moment of transition.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Creator | henningsen, c.w. (carl william) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,173 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Officeres [sic] and Office Force Hdqrs., Southern Department, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Feb. 18th 1919 |
| Reference | TX 1919 Officers, Fort Sam Houston, Texas |
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