Musical Drill - 12th Infantry (2d Battalion) – Historic Print
(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 rare historic photograph captures Musical Drill - 12th Infantry (2d Battalion) in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Musical Drill - 12th Infantry (2d Battalion)
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Soldiers of the 2d Battalion, 12th Infantry, are the subject here, shown performing a musical drill, a formation exercise in which troops moved in step to a band's rhythm. The Bain News Service, a New York picture agency that supplied newspapers in the early twentieth century, made the glass negative, and its collection documents American life of that era. The record gives no date, so the exact occasion is unknown, but the view of disciplined regimental movement reflects the emphasis on drill and training common in the U.S. Army of that period.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,735 × 4,209 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-40468 |
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