Camp Jackson, South Carolina, 1918 – 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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Camp Jackson, South Carolina, 1918 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: View of eastern section of Camp Jackson, S.C., 1918
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Camp Jackson, South Carolina, 1918
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Camp Jackson, outside Columbia, South Carolina, was a United States Army training cantonment in 1918, when the country was in the First World War. The camp was built in 1917 and drew draftees and volunteers from across the Southeast, which brought thousands of young men and their families into a capital city that had been a quiet state seat and college town. Columbia's merchants, boardinghouses, and streetcar lines felt the rush of soldiers on leave, and the local economy leaned on the payrolls and supply contracts the camp provided. That autumn, influenza moved through military camps across the country, and the crowded barracks at Camp Jackson were not spared, a reminder of how closely the war's demands were tied to daily life at home.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Creator | sargeant, john allen |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--South Carolina |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 994 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of eastern section of Camp Jackson, S.C., 1918 |
| Reference | SC 1918 Camp Jackson |
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