Travois or Indian ambulance, U.S. Army – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Travois or Indian ambulance, U.S. Army in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Travois or Indian ambulance, U.S. Army
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This photograph shows a travois, a frame of two trailing poles and a cross-piece that was dragged behind a horse, used here as a improvised ambulance for carrying an injured man. Plains peoples developed the travois long before European contact, using it to haul tents, food, and children across open country. The U.S. Army borrowed the design for moving wounded soldiers where wheeled wagons could not travel. The caption's wording, "Indian ambulance," is a period label from the Bain News Service, and the record gives no date, so the exact occasion remains unverified.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,735 × 4,178 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-1375 |
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