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Army camp Columbus, N.M., auto truck supply train about to leave for Mexico / Shulman. – Vintage Wall Art

Army camp Columbus, N.M., auto truck supply train about to leave for Mexico / Shulman., [1916?] — historic photograph
Army camp Columbus, N.M., auto truck supply train about to leave for Mexico / Shulman., [1916?]. Historic photograph from the Automobiles 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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A window into the past: Army camp Columbus, N.M., auto truck supply train about to leave for Mexico / Shulman., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Columbus, New Mexico, was a small border town that became an Army staging ground after Francisco "Pancho" Villa's raid on the town in March 1916. This postcard shows a motor truck supply train readying to head south into Mexico, part of the Punitive Expedition led by Gen. John J. Pershing to pursue Villa. The expedition was one of the first large U.S. operations to rely heavily on motor trucks for hauling supplies, and the scene reflects that shift from horse and mule transport. The card was issued by a commercial photographer, a common way that military scenes circulated to the public at the time.

Created / published[1916?]
Medium1 photographic print (postcard).
GenreAerial views 1910-1920.Photographic postcards 1910-1920.
SubjectsUnited States.--Army--History--Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916--Equipment & supplies. Military camps--New Mexico--Columbus--1910-1920. Trucks--New Mexico--Columbus--1910-1920. Military vehicles--New Mexico--Columbus--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,259 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-207787

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