Hospital Camp Custer, Michigan, 1918 – 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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Step back in time with Hospital Camp Custer, Michigan, 1918, a historic image rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Base Hospital, Camp Custer
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Hospital Camp Custer, Michigan, 1918
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In 1918 Camp Custer, on farmland outside Battle Creek, Michigan, was training the 85th Division, a National Army unit built largely from draftees. The hospital grounds shown here existed to keep those recruits fit enough to drill, march, and eventually ship overseas. Units moved out for France during the year, and the fighting stopped with the armistice on November 11, 1918, which eased but did not end the pace of camp life. For Battle Creek residents, the post had become a fixture of daily routine, with troop trains passing through the city and soldiers from distant states filling its streets on passes. The town now knew itself as a camp town as well as a factory town.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Creator | mock, t. f. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Michigan |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 824 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Base Hospital, Camp Custer |
| Reference | MI Hospital Camp Custer 1918 |
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