Library War Service, Camp Travis, Texas – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Library War Service, Camp Travis, Texas, [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c4/c4ec3f016d64-L.webp)
(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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Library War Service, Camp Travis, Texas comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Library War Service, Camp Travis, Texas
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Soldiers training at Camp Travis, the Army cantonment near San Antonio, Texas, could borrow books through the Library War Service during the First World War. The American Library Association ran the program, setting up libraries and book collections in military camps across the country so that troops had something to read during the long months of training before they went overseas. The picture is one of many glass negatives the National Photo Company made in the 1910s, when it recorded American cities, institutions and public life. Its exact date is uncertain, but the record places it within that decade.
| Created / published | [between 1910 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven. |
| Subjects | United States--Texas. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,438 × 5,122 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-260210 |
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