Remount Sta Camp Lewis Tacoma, Washington, 1913 – 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 Remount Sta Camp Lewis Tacoma, Washington, 1913, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Remount Station, "Camp Lewis", Tacoma, Wash.
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Remount Sta Camp Lewis Tacoma, Washington, 1913
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The Remount Station at American Lake, outside Tacoma, Washington, took shape in 1913 as the Army looked for places to breed, train, and hold horses and mules for its cavalry and artillery. Tacoma had become a Northern Pacific railroad terminus in 1873 and a port on Commencement Bay, and its economy rested on sawmills, shingle plants, and a copper smelter that handled ore from distant mines. Residents took pride in their city's commercial ambitions and its rivalry with Seattle, a few dozen miles north. Horses were still essential to the Army in 1913, so the station's corrals and stables gave the region a new military presence just south of the city. A few years later, the American Lake grounds expanded into the large training camp named for Meriwether Lewis.
| Created / published | 1913 |
|---|---|
| Creator | parrish, boland, m. d. (marvin dement) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Washington |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,024 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Remount Station, "Camp Lewis", Tacoma, Wash. |
| Reference | WA 1913 Remount Sta Camp Lewis Tacoma |
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