- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Fort Benning Workers Camp
- Creator:
- Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990
- Publisher:
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USF34-056463-D
- Date of Original:
- 1940
- Subject:
- Tents--Georgia--Fort Benning
Men--Georgia--Fort Benning
Automobiles--Georgia--Fort Benning
Camps--Georgia--Fort Benning
Trailers--Georgia--Fort Benning
Migrant labor--Georgia--Fort Benning - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chattahoochee County, Fort Benning, 32.35237, -84.96882
United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, 32.50996, -84.87704 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- During World War II migrant workers and their families took up residence in makeshift camps like this one near Fort Benning in Columbus. The metal shelters pictured here rented for $10 a month, and trailer space rented for $2 a month.
This photograph shows a makeshift camp near Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia. Metal tent-like structures stand in a muddy field. A trailer is parked on the right. Several men stand near a car parked in the middle of the structures. During World War II migrant workers and their families took up residence in camps like this one. The metal shelters pictured here rented for $10 a month, and trailer space rented for $2 a month. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/world-war-ii-in-georgia/m-10374/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/world-war-ii-georgia
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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