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Skirmish drill, U.S. Naval Academy – Vintage Print

Skirmish drill, U.S. Naval Academy, [between 1890 and 1901] — historic photograph
Skirmish drill, U.S. Naval Academy, [between 1890 and 1901]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

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Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, are shown here running through a skirmish drill, a close-order exercise in which small groups of men advance, spread out, and take cover as a unit. The glass negative was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, which produced large numbers of views of American cities, landmarks and institutions around 1900 and sold them as photographic prints and postcards. Because the company's catalog dates this series to 1901, the picture likely captures a training routine of the late 1890s or early 1900s, when the academy's students spent much of their time on rifle and infantry instruction alongside their naval studies.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1901]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDate based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). X 35" and "no. 10" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021374. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsUnited States Naval Academy. Students. Shooting. Military training. Universities & colleges.United States--Maryland--Annapolis.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 775 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-64480

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