Pack horse used by U.S. Army Signal Corps, carrying chest of instruments for local outfit for wireless telegraph – Antique 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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Pack horse used by U.S. Army Signal Corps, carrying chest of instruments for local outfit for wireless telegraph comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Pack horse used by U.S. Army Signal Corps, carrying chest of instruments for local outfit for wireless telegraph
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A pack horse carries a chest of instruments for a Signal Corps wireless telegraph outfit, and the load shows how much radio gear depended on animal transport. The record date of March 24, 1916, falls during the U.S. Army's pursuit of Pancho Villa's forces in northern Mexico, when portable wireless and field telegraph helped keep scattered columns in contact across country where wire lines were scarce. The title comes from Bain News Service caption information that has not been independently verified, so the exact unit and location remain uncertain. The Bain agency produced many news pictures of this kind, and the negatives are now part of the Library of Congress collection.
| Created / published | 3/24/16. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 966 × 712 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4559 |
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