Camp Merritt, New Jersey, 1919 – Vintage Photo Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Camp Merritt, New Jersey, 1919. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Camp Merritt, New Jersey, 1919
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In 1919 Camp Merritt, the army post spread across the Palisades plateau in Bergen County, New Jersey, was named for General Wesley Merritt, a Civil War cavalry officer who died in 1910. That spring the camp handled a steady stream of returning soldiers, including men of New York's 77th Division, who came up from the Hoboken piers and were marched inland to be processed. Men spent their days in lines for medical examinations, pay records, and paperwork, and off-duty hours centered on recreation halls and letter writing. Residents of nearby towns watched the camp's roads fill with traffic, and many New Jersey families counted the weeks until their own sons came home.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New Jersey |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 915 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | NJ Camp Merritt 3 1919 |
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