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Human shield aerial view, Camp Custer, c. 1918

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dc.coverage.temporal Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1918 en_US
dc.identifier.other LPC-017-021-003 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/10691
dc.description Color postcard showing aerial view of 30,000 men forming a human shield at Camp Custer, 1918. Photo was taken by Chicago photographers Mole and Thomas. Caption on front: United States Shield No. of officers and men, 30,000. Taken at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan. Brigadier General Howard L. Laubach Com'd'g. Length of stars, 190 ft.; width, 34 ft.; length of stripes, 120 ft.; distance across bottom at widest part, 90 ft.; distance across top of shield, 580 ft.; total length on the ground, 675 ft. en_US
dc.format.medium color postcard en_US
dc.language.iso En en_US
dc.subject Camp Custer en_US
dc.subject Aerial views en_US
dc.subject Camp Custer 2 en_US
dc.title Human shield aerial view, Camp Custer, c. 1918 en_US
dc.type Image en_US


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