The Human American eagle; 12,500 officers, nurses and men; Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.; Maj. Gen. George H. Cameron, commanding – Antique 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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A window into the past: The Human American eagle; 12,500 officers, nurses and men; Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.; Maj. Gen. George H. Cameron, commanding, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Human American eagle; 12,500 officers, nurses and men; Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.; Maj. Gen. George H. Cameron, commanding
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Some 12,500 officers, nurses and men formed a living American eagle at Camp Gordon, the Army training post near Atlanta, Georgia. The display was arranged under Maj. Gen. George H. Cameron, who commanded the camp, during the First World War, when training cantonments across the country were preparing draftees by the thousands. Mass formations like this were a popular way to rally public support for the war and to show the scale of the mobilization. The photograph is worth a close look for how the emblem's outline is built entirely from ordered rows of individual people.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1918. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,203 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-138494 |
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