World War II-Era Photographs
Don Martin first came to North Carolina as an Army photographer. In this role he documented life at the now-demolished Camp Butner, northeast of Raleigh. The Carolina Room has acquired photographs of the camp and its people by Martin. This web exhibit honors North Carolina's participation in the great national effort of World War II and the professional beginnings of a great photographer.
Don Martin first came to North Carolina as an Army photographer. In this role he documented life at the now-demolished Camp Butner, northeast of Raleigh. The Carolina Room has acquired photographs of the camp and its people by Martin. This web exhibit honors North Carolina's participation in the great national effort of World War II and the professional beginnings of a great photographer who made North Carolina his home and captured images of this place for all of us.
This exhibit contains 47 images of Camp Butner, organized under the following headings:
Don Martin first came to North Carolina as an Army photographer. In this role he documented life at the now-demolished Camp Butner, northeast of Raleigh.
This exhibit contains 47 images of Camp Butner, organized under the following headings:
Don Martin first came to North Carolina as an Army photographer. In this role he documented life at the now-demolished Camp Butner, northeast of Raleigh.
This exhibit contains 47 images of Camp Butner. Descriptions of the images come from Martin's handwritten notes on the back of each.
Photos of Camp Butner - 20 images of vehicles and buildings:
About Don Martin
Photographer Don Martin (1919-1999) was born in Iowa and worked in Kansas City, Missouri, where he married Elizabeth "Libby" McQueen. When the United States entered World War II, Martin joined the United States Army as a photographer, serving at a base in North Carolina. With the return of peace he decided to pursue his career in Charlotte, North Carolina and began a 35-year career as a photographer.