United States, Georgia, Sumter County, 32.03997, -84.197041918Sumter County, 1918. Carrier pigeons and a pigeon house at Souther Field. Pigeons were used to transmit messages before the development of sophisticated communications systems. Souther Field was a military aviation training camp four miles northeast of Americus.2003/07/16: Souther Field Airport is now known as Southerfield Airport.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/Airports--GeorgiaMunicipal services--Georgia--Sumter County[Photograph of carrier pigeons, Sumter County, Georgia, 1918]StillImage