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Major C.B. McLellan's camp on Clear Creek, Arizona; en route to Fort Thomas, Arizona – Antique Wall Art

Major C.B. McLellan's camp on Clear Creek, Arizona; en route to Fort Thomas, Arizona, 1887 March. — historic photograph
Major C.B. McLellan's camp on Clear Creek, Arizona; en route to Fort Thomas, Arizona, 1887 March.. 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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A window into the past: Major C.B. McLellan's camp on Clear Creek, Arizona; en route to Fort Thomas, Arizona, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Major C.B. McLellan's camp on Clear Creek, Arizona; en route to Fort Thomas, Arizona

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This cabinet card shows Major C.B. McLellan's camp on Clear Creek in Arizona in March 1887, while the party was traveling to Fort Thomas, a post on the Gila River in the southeastern part of the territory. The print bears the signature of Edgar A. Mearns, an Army surgeon and naturalist who photographed much of his service in the Southwest. Army expeditions of this period moved through rough, sparsely settled country, and images like this one record the tents, supplies, and daily routine of the soldiers who kept such routes open. Cabinet cards were a popular mounted format in the 1880s, so this example also reflects how military travel was documented for personal and official use.

Created / published1887 March.
Medium1 photographic print on cabinet card.
GenreCabinet photographs 1880-1890.Photographic prints 1880-1890.
NotesSigned by Edgar A. Mearns. Mearns Collection. No. 211.
SubjectsMilitary life--Arizona--1880-1890. Travel--Arizona--1880-1890. Military camps--Arizona--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,297 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-182570

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