- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Camp Gordon
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1918
- Subject:
- Soldiers
Men
Men--1910-1920
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918--Georgia--Atlanta
World War, 1914-1918--Military personnel--United States
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 troops in formation at Camp Gordon in Chamblee, Georgia.
Camp Gordon; World War I; Chamblee, Ga.; soldiers; Atlanta soldiers; World War I Atlanta; Atlanta in WWI; training camps
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. 130,000 soldiers mobilized there between September 1917 and November 1918. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.4303.001
ahc1704303001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1543
- 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:
- 8 x 10 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
