Human Statue of Liberty; 18,000 officers and men at Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Ia.; Col. Wm. Newman, commanding; Col. Rush S. Wells, directing – Antique Wall Art
![Human Statue of Liberty; 18,000 officers and men at Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Ia.; Col. Wm. Newman, commanding; Col. Rush S. Wells, directing, [c1917 or 1918] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/dd/dde7878e7fbe-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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This rare historic photograph captures Human Statue of Liberty; 18,000 officers and men at Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Ia.; Col. Wm. Newman, commanding; Col. Rush S. Wells, directing in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Human Statue of Liberty; 18,000 officers and men at Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Ia.; Col. Wm. Newman, commanding; Col. Rush S. Wells, directing
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Eighteen thousand soldiers and officers were arranged into a single human Statue of Liberty at Camp Dodge, the Army training camp near Des Moines, Iowa, in a formation that could only be read from above or from a distance. Col. Wm. Newman commanded the camp, and Col. Rush S. Wells directed the arrangement. The record dates the picture to about 1917 or 1918, the years when the United States was training its wartime army and the Statue of Liberty was a common emblem of the war effort. The print was issued by the photographers Mole & Thomas, who made many views of military camps during that period.
| Created / published | [c1917 or 1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photoprint copyrighted by Mole & Thomas. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Formation photographs; Camps, Military--Iowa--1917-18; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,081 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-170948 |
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