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Greetings from Camp Beale

Date
1943, provisional
State
California
Category
Old California
Format
Postcard

Flags and military scenes surround the name Camp Beale. The layout adapts the large-letter format to a wartime installation instead of a vacation destination.

Camp Beale opened in October 1942 as a training site for Army armored and infantry divisions. The flags and military scenes make sense in that wartime setting. The installation later became Beale Air Force Base.

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