Iowa Heritage Digital Collections
State Library of Iowa

U.S. Army Cantonment Camp Fort Dodge Des Moines, Iowa

Title

U.S. Army Cantonment Camp Fort Dodge Des Moines, Iowa

Description

This is a panoramic photo of Camp Dodge, Circa World War I. It was a gift of Mrs. A.T. McLeary in June 2000

Creator

unknown

Publisher

State Library of Iowa

Date

1917

Rights

U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. For permission to use the digital image, please contact the Ankeny Area Historical Society

Coverage

World War I

Original Format

Photograph

File Name

Ankeny_Army_CantonmentRotated001_R.pdf

Repository

Ankeny Area Historical Society Museum


Digital item created

2017-02-03

Transcription

Camp Dodge is almost three miles in length and houses 45,000 men from Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and Illinois. Each Barrack seen in this picture hourses 200 men, downstairs are Messroom and Kitchen, upstairs are Dormitories