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Title:
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Tent Camps Outside NAS Pensacola, 1917-1918. |
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Name(s):
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U.S. Navy, Photographer |
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Type of Resource:
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still image |
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Genre:
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Photograph |
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Issuance:
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single unit |
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Date Created:
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1917 - 1918 |
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Publisher:
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West Florida History Center, UWF Libraries, digitized from materials loaned by the National Naval Aviation Museum |
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Place of Publication:
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Pensacola, Florida |
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Extent:
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1 photograph, front |
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Language(s):
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Eng |
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Summary:
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Photo of one of the tent camps outside NAS Pensacola taken 1917 - 1918. Sailors wander about their tasks while a few look towards the camera. Camp Bennett was situated on the bay with a few trees was used for 21 day quarantine of new arrivals to ensure no diseases were spread around the men. Work parties maintained the camp's cleanliness. Camp Mustin, located between the Naval hospital and Warrington Beach, was used as quarters for enlisted personnel. It is unknown which camp is photographed here. |
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Identifier:
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uwfnam_NAS_1916-1917_c.a.1917-1918photo_tentcamp(1) (IID) |
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Note(s):
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A Project of the Gulf Coast Maritime Digital Portal Project |
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Subject(s):
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History of Medicine -- Aviation History -- Naval History -- Military History -- Gulf Coast -- Pensacola, Florida -- Early 20th Century |
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Held by:
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University of West Florida |
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Held by:
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National Naval Aviation Museum |
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Persistent Link to This Record:
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http://purl.flvc.org/uwf/fd/uwfnam_NAS_1916-1917_c.a.1917-1918photo_tentcamp(1) |
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Use and Reproduction:
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ |
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Host Institution:
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UWF |
