The Human Liberty Bell; 25000 officers and men at Camp Dix, New Jersey; General Hugh L. Scott, comdr. – Vintage 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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A window into the past: The Human Liberty Bell; 25000 officers and men at Camp Dix, New Jersey; General Hugh L. Scott, comdr., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Human Liberty Bell; 25000 officers and men at Camp Dix, New Jersey; General Hugh L. Scott, comdr.
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This photograph shows soldiers arranged on the ground to form a giant Liberty Bell, with the crack in its side and the bell's familiar shape picked out in human bodies. The caption credits the formation to about 25,000 officers and men at Camp Dix, New Jersey, a training camp that opened in 1917 to prepare troops for the First World War, and names General Hugh L. Scott as commander. Such mass tableaux were popular during the war as patriotic displays, turning a national symbol of liberty into a living image. The record notes that its details are unverified, so the exact date and the commander's role should be checked against other sources.
| Created / published | c1918. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Mole & Thomas. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,256 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-144537 |
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