441
●
(MILITARY—INDIAN WARS.)
BUFFALO SOLDIER.
Albumen cabi-
net card photographic portrait of an
unidentified Buffalo Soldier.
5
1
⁄
2
x 4
inches on Baumann & Fitzsimons photog-
raphers’ card mount; some minor toning,
scuff and tiny pinhole at the bottom of
the mount. (WGC)
Crawford, NEB, circa 1893
[1,000/1,500]
This soldier wears a vest and tie under a mili-
tary jacket with shield eagle buttons and the
three blue chevrons of an infantry sergeant,
indicating that he is likely a member of the
24th Infantry, which is known to have passed
through Fort Robinson in Crawford, Nebraska
several times in the 1890’s.
441
442
442
●
(MILITARY—BUFFALO SOLDIERS.)
Panoramic photograph of a regi-
ment of Infantry.
oblong albumen photograph, 8 x 20 inches, on the original grey
photographer’s mount. (WGC)
[Illinois]: Underwood and Underwood, 1906
[1,000/1,500]
The band can be seen on the left, and a group of colored soldiers in fancy dress to the far right.
In between are an ambulance unit, stretcher bearers, color guard, etc. The regiment is possibly
the Illinois National Guard.
