urn:taro:utexas.cah.00655 A Guide to the Camp Wilson Photograph Album, 1916-1917 Text converted and initial EAD tagging done by Nicole Davis on January 31, 2008 Finding aid written in English. Tue Jul 22 15:27:26 CDT 2003 urn:taro:utexas.cah.00655 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Descriptive Summary Camp Wilson Camp Wilson Photograph Album 1916-1917 1-1/2 inches: one album containing 153 silver gelatin photo postcards and 4 other silver gelatin prints. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin English. Scope and Contents

Scenes of training activities and camp life of a Wisconsin National Guard unit at Camp Wilson (adjacent to Fort Sam Houston in Bexar County) in 1916. The unit was likely part of the National Guard mobilization ordered by President Wilson in June 1916 as a response to border problems with Mexico. Contains views of Landa Park in New Braunfels, Austin cityscapes, mills and gins, and camps made by the unit while on maneuvers. Also included images of San Antonio parades, businesses, and Mexican-Americans.

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Camp Wilson Photograph Album, 1916-1917, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

Index Terms Subjects Carts and wagons Comal River Cotton Dittlinger Lime Company (Comal County) Government buildings Grimes Cotton Gin (Travis County) Horses and horse racing Landa Flour Mills (New Braunfels) Landa Park (New Braunfels) Mexican-Americans Mules Parades and processions Quarries San Antonio Brewing Association San Antonio River Swimming and swimming pools U. S. Army - Supplies and stores Wisconsin National Guard Places Austin, Texas Camp Wilson, Bexar County, Texas Dittlinger, Comal County, Texas Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, Texas Leon Springs Luxello, Texas New Braunfels, Texas San Antonio, Texas Detailed Description of the Collection Photograph Album 3Y524