ORIGINAL!  RARE! INDIAN WARS HEADQUARTERS BATTERY "B" NATIONAL GUARD PENNSYLVANIA AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIER PHOTO

RARE! INDIAN WARS HEADQUARTERS BATTERY "B" NATIONAL GUARD PENNSYLVANIA AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIER PHOTO.

 INDIAN WARS HEADQUARTERS BATTERY "B" NATIONAL GUARD PENNSYLVANIA AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIER STANDS AT ATTENTION IN HIS INDIAN WARS UNIFORM HOLDING THE HEADQUARTERS BATTERY'S "B" GUIDON (FLAG) AND WEARING A MEDAL WITH AN ARTILLERY INSIGNIA ON HIS KEPI. IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE CANTONMENT (LIKELY IN MT. GRETA PENNSYLVANIA) WITH THE TENTS STENCILED AT THEIR TOP POINTS (N.G.P.) (NATIONAL GUARD PENNSYLVANIA). THE INTERIORS OF EACH TENT CAN BE SEEN TO A LARGE DEGREE. THE LIEUTENANT IN THE CENTER HOLDS HIS SWORD"S SCABBARD AND HIS ARTILLERY INSIGNIA ON HIS KEPI HAS THE LETTER "B" AT ITS CENTER.

PERIOD ID'd ON THE LOWER FRONT MOUNT:

Headquarters Battery "B"  N.G.P. (NATIONAL GUARD PENNSYLVANIA)

         CAMP SHERIDAN

                1889

DIMENSIONS: 10" x 11 15/16"

SEPIA.

SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST. 

PHOTOGRAPH CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE OVERALL. 

THE PHOTO'S MOUNT IS IN VERY FINE CONDITION WITH A FEW LIGHT PENCILED NUMBERS AND A SMALL ROUND ARCHIVE LABEL ON THE REVERSE.  LIGHT CRACKS ON LOWER CORNERS WITH SOME EARLIER CLEAR TAPE CONSERVATION PERFORMED FROM THE REVERSE OF THE MOUNT (NOT AFFECTING THE SUBJECT/PHOTO) AND SOME LIGHT HANDLING FROM ITS 135 YEARS.

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