- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Camp Gordon Airport
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1941
- Subject:
- Aircraft--Georgia
Airplanes--1940-1950
Airfields
Airports--Georgia--Chamblee
Hats--1940-1950
Fashion
Clothing & dress--1940-1950
Coats--1940-1950
Camp Gordon (DeKalb Co., Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Chamblee, 33.89205, -84.29881
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of (l-r) Harry Harmon of the W. P. A.; Harry Ballance; W. K. Jenkins; Scott Candler of DeKalb County; Jonathan A. Lambert of the W. P. A.; Jesse Draper; and Commander Charles D. Williams, U. S. N. R. Commissioner standing in front of the first airplane to land at the Camp Gordon Airport, now the Peachtree-DeKalb Airport, in Chamblee, Georgia.
men, people, posing, airfield, hats, airplane
Camp Gordon was a training camp for the U.S. Army during World War I. The camp opened in 1917 and was located in Chamblee, Georgia, a few miles north of Atlanta. Camp Gordon was the training ground of the 82nd Division, American Expeditionary Forces. The site was home to the Naval Air Station in World War II, and later, DeKalb-Peachtree Airport. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.1379.001
ahc1701379001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1148
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 5 x 7 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
