- Collection:
- Bill Wilson Photographs, 1938-1979, undated
- Title:
- Camp Gordon/Naval Air Station
- Creator:
- Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993
- Date of Original:
- 1946
- Subject:
- Military facilities--Georgia--Chamblee
Airports--Georgia--Chamblee
Aerial photographs
Camp Gordon (DeKalb Co., Ga.)
DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (Chamblee, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Chamblee, 33.89205, -84.29881
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Aerial view of the Naval Air Station (later named DeKalb-Peachtree Airport) in Chamblee, Georgia.
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 99.318.01
ahc099318001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/Wilson/id/1666
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/Wilson:1666/manifest.json
- 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:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Bill Wilson Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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