- Collection:
- Mackle Construction Company Photographs, 1916-1920
- Title:
- Camp Gordon
- Publisher:
- Mackle Construction Company Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1918
- Subject:
- Construction--Georgia--Chamblee
Building construction--Georgia--Chamblee
Military camps--United States
World War, 1914-1918
Camp Gordon (DeKalb County, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Chamblee, 33.89205, -84.29881
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of silos under construction at Camp Gordon in Chamblee, Georgia during World War I.
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 159.24.41
ahc159024041a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Mackle/id/21
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in. sepia tone silver gelatin print
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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