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[4th Artillery Camp]

[4th Artillery Camp]
Description:

Soldiers gather between two rows of large tents busy with a variety of tasks. In the center foreground two soldiers sit on chairs near a table. Equipment and gear including a wheel and a strapped bundle are scattered in a rough circle in front of the table. Smoke is blowing from beyond that table to the left. In the right rear, approximately twenty soldiers are standing in a rough line moving toward soldiers at another table. In the middle rear, soldiers gather near another table in front of another large tent.

Wording on photo back "Texas City, Tx Aug 16, 1915 4th Art. Camp."

Based on other photographs taken on Aug. 16, 1915, the day a hurricane struck and decimated the camp, it is most likely that this particular photo was taken before the date on the photo back or well after.

Creator: Unknown
Location:
Creation Date: 1913 - 1915
Partner(s):
Moore Memorial Public Library
Collection(s):
Rescuing Texas History, 2006
Creator:
Unknown
Original Creation Date: 1913 - 1915
Coverage:
Place
United States - Texas - Galveston County - Texas City
Era
New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
From 1913 to 1915
Description:

Soldiers gather between two rows of large tents busy with a variety of tasks. In the center foreground two soldiers sit on chairs near a table. Equipment and gear including a wheel and a strapped bundle are scattered in a rough circle in front of the table. Smoke is blowing from beyond that table to the left. In the right rear, approximately twenty soldiers are standing in a rough line moving toward soldiers at another table. In the middle rear, soldiers gather near another table in front of another large tent.

Wording on photo back "Texas City, Tx Aug 16, 1915 4th Art. Camp."

Based on other photographs taken on Aug. 16, 1915, the day a hurricane struck and decimated the camp, it is most likely that this particular photo was taken before the date on the photo back or well after.

Physical Description:

1 photographic postcard : b&w ; 3.5 x 5.5 in.

Language: No Language
Subject(s):
Keyword(s): Texas City Army Camp, 1913-1915 |
Partner:
Moore Memorial Public Library
Collection:
Rescuing Texas History, 2006
Identifier:
  • LOCAL-CONT-NO: nbphalb_17
  • ARK: ark:/67531/metapth11528
Resource Type: Photograph
Format: Image

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