Aerial Camp Wilson, San Antonio, Texas, 1917 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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: Aerial Camp Wilson, San Antonio, Texas, 1917, preserved in this historic image. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Aerial view, Camp Wilson, San Antonio, Texas
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Aerial Camp Wilson, San Antonio, Texas, 1917
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In 1917, San Antonio was a city of more than 100,000 people that had grown steadily since the turn of the century, with its economy built on wholesaling, railroads, cattle and farm trade, and a large Mexican American community that gave the city much of its character. The United States' entry into World War I that spring brought a rush of military building to the region, and Camp Wilson, a temporary training site set up in the city's outskirts, was part of that wave. Fort Sam Houston had long anchored the Army's presence in town, and the new camps drew soldiers, contractors and supply trains into a city already used to cavalry and artillery on its streets. Residents knew the place as a crossroads of Texas military life, where the sound of drilling troops and the new flying machines of the Army's aviation program was becoming familiar.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Creator | archer, charles w., archer's art shop, hines, frank w. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 969 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Aerial view, Camp Wilson, San Antonio, Texas |
| Reference | TX 1917 Aerial Camp Wilson, San Antonio |
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