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Ninth U.S. Cavalry--famous Colored Regiment--Draw Sabers! – Historic Reproduction

Ninth U.S. Cavalry--famous Colored Regiment--Draw Sabers!, New York, N.Y. : Strohmeyer & Wyman, publishers, c1898. — historic photograph
Ninth U.S. Cavalry--famous Colored Regiment--Draw Sabers!, New York, N.Y. : Strohmeyer & Wyman, publishers, c1898.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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The caption promises a cavalry charge, and this stereograph shows the Ninth U.S. Cavalry, one of the Black regiments known as the Buffalo Soldiers, posed with sabers drawn in 1898. That summer the regiment fought in Cuba, including at San Juan Heights, where its troopers served alongside the Rough Riders. Strohmeyer & Wyman issued the card in New York as a stereograph, a pair of images meant to be viewed through a stereoscope for a three-dimensional effect. The publisher's wording reflects the segregated language of the day and shows how these soldiers were presented to the public during the war.

Created / publishedNew York, N.Y. : Strohmeyer & Wyman, publishers, c1898.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreStereographs 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900.
Notes42603 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman.
SubjectsSpanish-American War, 1898--Military personnel. African Americans--Military service--1890-1900. Cavalry--American--1890-1900. Horses--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,455 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116964

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