Original Item. Only One Available. This is a very lovely WWI Marine Corps yardlong photograph in a modern frame, measuring 13¼ x 35 ¾”. Unfortunately, the frame’s mat board is covering some of the information about the photo at the top. From what we can read, it appears to be:

156(?)th Co. Anti-Aircraft Batt.
U.S. Marines
Quantico, Va. Apr. 1918.

This would have been a battery directing Anti-Aircraft fire from the Marine Corps base at Quantico. The anti-artillery gun can be seen behind them. The large piece of acrylic being used as glass in this frame is a bit smaller than it should be, so the piece falls out of place sometimes.

A great framed shot, ready for display.

In 1917, Marine Barracks, Quantico was established on the land currently occupied by today's base. Marine Barracks personnel consisted of 91 enlisted men and four officers. Thousands of Marines were trained here during World War I. The Commanding General's Quarters was built in 1920 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. By 1920, the Marine Corps schools were founded, as Colonel Smedley Butler put it, "to make this post and the whole Marine Corps a great university".

These schools eventually developed into today's Marine Corps University. Virtually all Marine officers receive their basic training here, as well as enlisted technicians from many different disciplines. Around the same time, as a part of these schools, a football team was established at the base, playing as a college football team. Until its disbanding in 1972, the team played against various NCAA Division I college teams, as well as teams from other military installations.