Naval Air Station, Camp Glenn, North Carolina, 1919 – 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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This rare historic image captures Naval Air Station, Camp Glenn, North Carolina, 1919 in remarkable 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: U.S. Naval Air Station, Camp Glenn, N.C., Feb. 1st, 1919
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Naval Air Station, Camp Glenn, North Carolina, 1919
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Morehead City, on Bogue Sound in Carteret County, North Carolina, is the setting for this 1919 view of the Naval Air Station at Camp Glenn. The town had grown up around its rail terminus, the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, which carried fish, naval stores, and farm goods from the interior to a harbor on the Sound. During the First World War the Navy set up a seaplane station here to fly anti-submarine patrols over Atlantic shipping lanes, and the nearby Army training camp drew soldiers and workers into the local economy. By 1919, with the armistice signed the previous November, the wartime flying program was winding down, and residents who had known the town as a quiet fishing and shipping port were adjusting to the sudden departure of crowds, contracts, and the young pilots who had filled its streets.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Creator | wootten-moulton (firm) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--North Carolina |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,027 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | U.S. Naval Air Station, Camp Glenn, N.C., Feb. 1st, 1919 |
| Reference | NC 1919 Naval Air Station, Camp Glenn |
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