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Camp Kearney Panorama - Linda Vista, CA

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 500.00 USD
Camp Kearney Panorama - Linda Vista, CA
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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
Thursday Feb 20th, 10am-6pm
* Preview also available by appointment

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Friday & Saturday
Feb 20 & 21, 2014
9am PDT starting time, both days

Location
Atlantis Casino & Resort
Paradise A Room
3800 S. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89502

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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
Sunday February 23rd, 10am-1pm

1917 The photo was taken looking southeast from the 144th Field Artillery storehouse by photographers J.U. Medley & I. Shulman of El Paso, TX. It measures 10 x 52” in length and is quite clear, with good exposure. There is a 2” tear at bottom left. The post was established July 18, only a few months before this photo was taken and named for Brigadier Stephen Watts Kearny who led the Army of the West to San Diego in 1846. Thirty-two camps were approved in May of 1917, of which this was one, each designated to house 40,000 troops in 1200 buildings and tents on 10,000 acres. More than 65,000 men stopped at the camp on their way to their World War I assignments. After the war, the camp was used as a demobilization center. Camp Kearny was located 11-1/2 miles north of San Diego on 12,721 acres and gave its name to the surrounding mesa. It cost $4.5 million to build and ended October 31, 1920. The site of Camp Kearny is now Marine Corps Air Station Miramar [Ref: militarymuseum.org/cpKearney2.html?]. The First Infantry Regiment, New Mexico National Guard—fresh from fighting Pancho Villa’s forces—was one of the first groups sent to Camp Kearny in preparation for World War I. - HKA#64585