Camp Custer, Michigan, 1917 – 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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Step back in time with Camp Custer, Michigan, 1917, 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: Camp Custer, 1917
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Camp Custer, Michigan, 1917
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Camp Custer rose in 1917 on open land near Battle Creek, Michigan, where the army laid out the long rows of wooden barracks, drill grounds, and supply yards visible across this view. Congress passed the Selective Service Act in May 1917, and many of the men who filled those barracks had registered with local draft boards on June 5, the first national registration day. Battle Creek, a manufacturing city served by major railroad lines, had to absorb thousands of new soldiers, visitors, and freight into streets and rail yards built for a much smaller population. Farmers and shopkeepers from the surrounding counties watched the camp expand into a community that changed the rhythm of daily life across the Battle Creek valley.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Creator | spencer & wyckoff |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Michigan |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,214 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Camp Custer, 1917 |
| Reference | MI Camp Custer 3 1917 |
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