Fort Sam Houston, Tex., 1911-1912: squad of cavalry, Co. M, 11th Regiment; lining up – Antique Wall Art
![Fort Sam Houston, Tex., 1911-1912: squad of cavalry, Co. M, 11th Regiment; lining up, [between 1911 and 1912] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0c/0c3b8f3b0cdb-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Fort Sam Houston, Tex., 1911-1912: squad of cavalry, Co. M, 11th Regiment; lining up brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Fort Sam Houston, Tex., 1911-1912: squad of cavalry, Co. M, 11th Regiment; lining up
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This Bain Collection photograph shows a squad of cavalrymen from Company M, 11th Regiment, lining up at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, sometime between 1911 and 1912. The fort sits in San Antonio, not in the city of Houston for which this gallery board is named, though the post was named for the Texas hero Sam Houston. Bain was a news photographer whose pictures were often sent out to newspapers, and the caption tracings point to Quartermaster equipment and military cookery, which suggests the men may be waiting for a meal or issue. The record gives few further details, so the scene is best read as a window onto daily routine at a frontier-era cavalry post in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | [between 1911 and 1912] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: PI; Army, U.S.--Quartermaster; Army, US--Equipment; Texas--San Antonio; Army, US--1911/12; Cookery, Military; Army, US--Cavalry; Forts...--Ft. Sam Houston; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,072 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-130466 |
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