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National Archives Photos on file |
The National Archives has considerable material on
Camp Evans.
The Modern Military Records Branch is located at:
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, Md. 20740
This photo is representative of the activities at Camp Evans when the Signal
Corps used the old Marconi Station site as a communications research facility
from 1941 - 1998.... Technicians taking ideas, building prototypes,
testing, improving and retesting so they would not fail in battle.
Below is the information on the back of this photo. The information
is hard to read so we will provide the details in a table for each photo.
| Photo-reference | Thumb (click on image for larger view) | Description on back of photo.... |
| SC-307697
Record Identification ASC 111-SC-BX 152 |
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In the larger view you can see the two radar domes on the top of the Marconi Hotel - 9001. |
| SC-307703 | ![]() |
Technicians testing calibration chamber for humidity elements at the Evans Signal Laboratory. 1946-1948. |
| SC-329649
Record Identification ASC 111-SC-BX 172 |
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The Carpenter Shop at Evans Signal Laboratory. (from 1946 collection). |
| SC-329653 | ![]() |
In the larger view you can see this photo is of the inside of one of the DDUs - Dymaxion Deployment Units. |
| SC-292356
Record Identification ASC 111-SC-BX 138 |
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Truck K-54 has been loaded with antenna and is now ready for travel. U.S. Army First Army Area, Camp Evans Signal Laboratory, Belmar, New Jersey. No. SCRL-2922 |
| SC-329648
Record Identification ASC 111-SC-BX 172 |
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The Transformer and Coil Winding Department in the Electric Shop, at the Evans Signal Laboratory. (from 1946 collection). |
| SC-307700 | ![]() |
An engineer uses low pressure measuring instruments to determine performance of high altitude pressure devices in the Flight Similtude Laboratory. Evans SIgnal Laboratory. 1946-1948. |
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| SC-329643
Record Identification ASC 111-SC-BX 172 |
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The Machine Shop at Evans Signal Laboratory. It is the largest and most completely equipped machine shop at the Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories. (from the 1946 collection). |
| SC-307702 | ![]() |
An engineer testing magnetic recording equipment at the Evans Signal Laboratory. 1946-1948. |
| SC-307707
Record Identification ASC 111-SC-BX 152 |
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Life Testing radar sets at the Evans Signal Laboratory. 1946-1948. |
| SC-329660
Record Identification ASC 111-SC-BX 172 |
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Radar Set SCR-584 complete with IFF typical equipment developed at Evans Signal Laboratory. The SCR-584 was one of the many equipments during the war on which the Signal Corps ENgineering Laboratories had complete production engineering respaonsibilityes. (from 1946 collection). |
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| SC-307701 | ![]() |
An engineer tests cold temperature of radiosonde meters, part of radiosonde AN/AMT-3 in Temperature Standards Laboratory, Evans Signal Laboratory. |
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An engineer operates a receiving tube static characteristics test set (lab. model) used aas test equipment in the Thermionics Branch, Evans Signal Laboratory. 1946-1948. |
| SC-307706
Record Identification ASC 111-SC-BX 152 |
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A technician produces a vacuum tube at the Evans Signal Laboratory. 1946-1948. |
| SC-307705 | ![]() |
A technician operates the controls during a cathode ray tube screen test at the Evans Signal Laboratory. 1946-1948. |
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October 20, 1953
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Leaving the Camp Evans Administration building (9001), the former Marconi Wireless Station Staff Hotel. Note security fence. Photo SC445822 on file at the National Archives Record Identification ASC 111-SC-BX 267 |