C Camp Wheeler, Macon, Georgia, 1917 – Vintage Wall Art
(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 C Camp Wheeler, Macon, Georgia, 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: Artillery Hill, Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga.; Commanding General, Kernan; Adjutant General, A. P. Gardner
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C Camp Wheeler, Macon, Georgia, 1917
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Camp Wheeler, on the outskirts of Macon, Georgia, was built in 1917 as the United States entered the First World War. The army chose the site in central Georgia for training, and within months it held large numbers of draftees and volunteers who drilled, marched and learned rifle and trench tactics before going overseas. Macon itself was a mid-sized river city whose economy rested on cotton, railroad shops and the surrounding farms, and the sudden arrival of thousands of soldiers brought new business to its streets and boardinghouses. Local residents would have known the camp as a wartime installation that reshaped their town's daily life, and the rapid construction of barracks and drill fields across the Georgia countryside marked a sharp break from the quiet agricultural routine of the years before.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Creator | shapiro, l. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Georgia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,231 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Artillery Hill, Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga.; Commanding General, Kernan; Adjutant General, A. P. Gardner |
| Reference | GA C Camp Wheeler, Macon 1917 |
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