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[Group of Soldiers]

Description: This photograph shows a group of soldiers in dark-colored uniforms sitting among rocks and desert plants on the slope of a mountain. There appear to be several children in the group as well.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Cavalry]

Description: This photograph is of a group of cavalrymen out on drill. There are many soldiers, ranged on the slope of a mountain and wearing dark uniforms and hats. Several of the men are standing with horses in the back or to the side. Two of the men have pins on their collars, showing that they are marksmen. Behind the men, there are rocks and desert plants.
Date: 1886
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Infantry]

Description: This photograph shows a group of infantry men camping outside of Fort Davis after patrol duty. The men are all ranged on the slope of a mountain in army uniforms. In the foreground, there is a pot hung over a fire and two groups of guns arranged in teepees. The smoke from the fire is obscuring some of the men. They are surrounded by rocks and desert scrub.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Cavalry at Bloys Campground]

Description: This photograph shows a large group of people. In the front, there are five people sitting on a bench at a low table covered in books and other objects. There is a man in a suit standing in front of them, holding a United States flag on a pole. Back behind, there are people in uniform standing, and others sitting on horseback in a loose semi-circle. In the middle of the photograph there is someone with a movie camera. In the background, there are some trees and what appear to be some mount… more
Date: 1944~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Group of Seven Officers]

Description: This photograph shows seven men, wearing what appear to be army uniforms, sitting on rocks surrounded by desert vegetation. The men have moustaches and are wearing dark jackets with stripes on the sleeves, light-colored pants, and hats with a dark bands. The man on the far right is Sergeant Forsythe, the Post Commissary Sergeant. Clockwise, the other men are a 1st Sergeant, a Corporal, another Sergeant, the Hospital Steward, the Quartermaster Sergeant, and another 1st Sergeant.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Soldier on Horse at Fort Davis]

Description: Photograph of a man in a light blue, yellow, and navy cavalry uniform, holding a rifle and sitting on a honey-colored horse. His uniform is comprised of a black helmet with a long yellow plume, a navy jacket, light blue trousers with a yellow stripe down the leg, knee-high boots, and a saber attached to his hip. The horse is harnessed and saddled, with a small quilted blanket under the saddle. They are standing in a large, dry, dirt space, with three small, one-story houses in the far backgroun… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: University of Texas Permian Basin

[Photograph of Man Giving a Speech Outside at Fort Davis National Historic Site]

Description: Photograph of a middle-aged man with short, dark hair, wearing a brown suit jacket and tie, standing in front of a brown, wooden podium. Behind her is a large group of people sitting in rows on either side of the podium. In front of the podium and the rest of the people on the platform, there are large strips of red, white, and blue fabric draped on a frame to imitate an American flag and separate the platform from the dirt lot in front of it. There is an American flag hanging from a flagpole o… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.598832 -103.892270
Partner: University of Texas Permian Basin

[Three Soldiers on Motorcycles]

Description: Photograph of three soldiers riding motorbikes on a dirt path that cuts through a small rock formation. The soldier closest to the camera has a motorbike with a side car. All three men are wearing collared shirts and wide-brimmed hats.
Date: 1917/1918
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fort Davis Overland Trail

Fort Davis, Commanding Officer's Quarters

Description: Photograph of a plaque outside the Commanding Officer's Quarters. It says: "Commanding Officer's Quarters: This building served as the residence for the commanding officer. Construction of the house began in 1867 under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Wesley Merritt, who was the first to move in and call it "home". Today it is furnished to the time when Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson, commander of the black Tenth U.S.Cavalry, and his family lived here, 1882-1885."
Date: August 5, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.601499686698016 -103.89568592229
Partner: UNT Libraries
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