Roberts Field (Birmingham, Ala.) photograph collection, [ca.1920].

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Roberts Field (Birmingham, Ala.) photograph collection, [ca.1920].

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This collection contains forty-two photographs of troops, facilities, and activities at Roberts Field in Birmingham, Ala., ca.1920. The photographs depict a wide range of activities including mechanical work on aircraft, target practice, troop reviews, swimming exercises, and a baseball game. Also documented are supplies and equipment, the mess hall and cooks, aerial views of Anniston, Ala. and Roberts Field, and group shots of officers. The photographs focus primarily on the 31st Division Air Corps, but other divisions are shown, including the 167th. The photographs are approximately eight by nine inches, five by six inches, and five by four inches. They were all photographed by the 106th photo section of the 31st Division Air Corps.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6713400

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 167th

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Sources: History of the 167th Inf. Regt., 4th Alabama. Amerine, William H., 'Lest We Forget: The Record of Alabama's Own (n.p., n.p., n.d.). Hayes, John B., Heroes Among the Brave (Loachapoka: Lee County Historical Society, 1973). The history of the 167th may be said to begin on 1911 July 15. On that date the 4th Ala. Inf. Regt. officially became a part of the U.S. National Guard. From 1875 until 1911 the 4th Ala. Inf. Regt. had served...

United States. Air Corps. Division, 31st.

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