Collection	World War I
Copyright	Oshkosh Public Museum
Description	Nitrate negative with contact print of Military Camp at the Fair Grounds.
Year Range from	1918
Event	World War I
Film Size	2 1/2" x 4 1/4"
Year range to	1918
Medium	Film
Neg #	3884C
Notes	Outdoor view of a row of shelter tents (Pup Tents) at the Winnebago County Fair grounds. Civilians are walking through the rows and looking at the scene. The fair buildings are in the background. The Four Wheel Drive Auto Company, in Clintonville, Wisconsin, received a contract for trucks from England in 1916 and the US Army in 1917. Sixty of the English trucks were commandeered by the US when America entered World War I. In 1918 a large shipment of trucks were convoyed to Raritan Arsenal in New York. They passed through Oshkosh and spent one night at the Winnebago County Fairground. Total production of trucks during World War I were 3,000 for Great Britain; 82 for Russia, and 14,473 for the United States.
Object ID	P2005.16.83
Object Name	Negative, Nitrate
Place	Oshkosh, WI
Print size	2 1/2" x 4 1/4"
Subjects	World War I Trucks Truck industry Four Wheel Drive Auto Company Soldiers Homefront Winnebago County Fair Association Military camps Tents
Title	Military Camp at the Fair Grounds

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