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Convict Labor During World War I
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South Carolina convicts building a road at Camp Wadsworth near Spartenberg in preparation for the camp's use as a National Guard training camp. The prisoners, all of whom are African Americans, are wearing striped uniforms.
September 1917
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World War I Training
August 1917
World War I recruits scramble over an obstacle during their training, while others watch in the background.
Observation Balloon
August 1917
A training ascension of a captive observation balloon. During their training, soldiers learned how to correctly estimate the effectiveness of artillery on enemy positions.
Flying School
August 1917
A visiting French officer instructs novice American pilots at Camp Mineola on the conditions that they can expect to find at the front.
New Army Recruits
September 13, 1917
New army recruits still in their civilian clothes arriving at an unidentified World War I training camp. Many barracks, some still under construction, are visible in the background.
Protective Gear for Mosquitos
July 30, 1917
For these World War I recruits seen at an unidentified training camp on Long Island, the enemy was not the Germans, but ferocious "Jersey mosquitos" and the protective gear they are wearing are bug...
United States Naval Training Camp
1918
A view of uniforms hanging on a clothesline and cabins in a wooded area at the United States Naval Training Camp.
