Dedication, Camp MacArthur, 1918, Texas, 1918 – Vintage Photo Print
(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: Dedication, Camp MacArthur, 1918, Texas, 1918, preserved in this historic image. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Dedication of Red Cross Convalescent House, Base Hospital, Camp MacArthur, June 20, 1918
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Dedication, Camp MacArthur, 1918, Texas, 1918
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Camp MacArthur, on the edge of Waco, Texas, was a World War I training cantonment built in 1917 and named for Arthur MacArthur, a Civil War general. Its 1918 dedication marked the camp's growing role as home to the 77th Division, whose men were drawn largely from New York and trained in the Texas heat and dust. For Waco, a river city on the Brazos that served as a rail and cotton-trading center, the camp brought soldiers, payroll, and new business to local merchants and boardinghouses. The camp's troops also shared the anxieties of the wider country that year, as the influenza epidemic and the approaching end of the war reshaped daily life. Residents of the region would have known the camp as one of the largest military installations in Texas.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Creator | gildersleeve, fred a. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,241 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Dedication of Red Cross Convalescent House, Base Hospital, Camp MacArthur, June 20, 1918 |
| Reference | TX 1918 Dedication, Camp MacArthur, 1918 |
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