- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Camp Gordon
- Creator:
- unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1915
- Subject:
- Military camps--United States
Buildings--Georgia--DeKalb County
Military facilities--Georgia--Chamblee
Military vehicles--1910-1920--United States
Barracks--United States
Horses--Georgia--Chamblee
Carts & wagons--1910-1920
Men--1910-1920
Military personnel--Georgia
Camp Gordon (DeKalb Co., Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Chamblee, 33.89205, -84.29881 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Camp Gordon. World War One, Chamblee, Ga. Gift from Richard Hatch, 1955. Photograph of post card
View of Camp Gordon from the center of the parade grounds in Chamblee, Georgia.
barracks; army; training; trees; postcard; World War I; WWI
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 170.4304.001
ahc1704304001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1313
- 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:
- 3 x 6 1/4 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
