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Sincerely yours, Woodrow Wilson; 21,000 officers and men, Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio; Brig. Gen. Mathew C. Smith, commanding – Historic Print

Sincerely yours, Woodrow Wilson; 21,000 officers and men, Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio; Brig. Gen. Mathew C. Smith, commanding, c1918. — historic photograph
Sincerely yours, Woodrow Wilson; 21,000 officers and men, Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio; Brig. Gen. Mathew C. Smith, commanding, c1918.. Historic photograph from the Presidents collection.

(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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Sincerely yours, Woodrow Wilson; 21,000 officers and men, Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio; Brig. Gen. Mathew C. Smith, commanding comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Sincerely yours, Woodrow Wilson; 21,000 officers and men, Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio; Brig. Gen. Mathew C. Smith, commanding

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Twenty-one thousand men from Camp Sherman, near Chillicothe, Ohio, are arranged across the ground to read "Sincerely yours, Woodrow Wilson," a mass formation that only a camp of that size could produce. Camp Sherman was one of the large Army cantonments built in 1917 to train draftees for the First World War, and the caption card names Brig. Gen. Mathew C. Smith as its commander. Staged aerial views like this were popular during the war because they turned troop strength into a patriotic image that could be widely reproduced and distributed. The caption data is unverified, so the date and the troop count are best read with that caution in mind.

Created / publishedc1918.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint copyrighted by Mole & Thomas. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,214 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-150078

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