U.S. Aviation Field, Fairfield, Ohio, 1917 – Historic Photograph 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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U.S. Aviation Field, Fairfield, Ohio, 1917 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: "Making ready", U.S. Aviation Field, Fairfield, O., June 9th, 1917
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U.S. Aviation Field, Fairfield, Ohio, 1917
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Fairfield Aviation Field, on the open farmland of Fairfield Township outside Dayton, Ohio, took shape in 1917, the year the United States entered the First World War. The Army Signal Corps was then building up its air arm, and Dayton, already home to the Wright brothers' legacy and a growing list of manufacturers, was a natural place to train pilots and mechanics. Dayton's factories, including the National Cash Register works and the metalworking shops that supplied wartime orders, drew workers from the surrounding countryside and gave the region a strong industrial base. The city was still recovering from the 1913 flood that had devastated its downtown, and many residents had come to see flood control and civic rebuilding as pressing concerns. For local people in 1917, the new field meant young men in uniform, unfamiliar machines overhead, and a sudden link between farm country and the national war effort.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Creator | pixley-messick co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Ohio |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 829 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | "Making ready", U.S. Aviation Field, Fairfield, O., June 9th, 1917 |
| Reference | OH 1917 U.S. Aviation Field, Fairfield |
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