Training battalion Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1917 – Antique 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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Library of Congress record: Training battalion, Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Va., Dec. 1917
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Training battalion Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1917
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In 1917, Hampton Roads, Virginia, was a crowded harbor region where shipyards and army posts were turning to the war effort after the United States declared war on Germany that April. The Newport News shipyard was among the largest in the country, and its docks and the Norfolk-area yards handled naval and merchant work. That same year the army established Camp Eustis near Newport News to train artillery soldiers, and recruits arrived by rail and steamer, swelling towns that had been small only a few years before. Residents knew the area for its shipbuilding, its port trade, and the sudden crowds of uniformed men filling its streets and boarding houses.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Creator | schutz group photographers (washington, d.c.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Virginia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 988 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Training battalion, Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Va., Dec. 1917 |
| Reference | VA Training battalion Hampton Roads 1917 |
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