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[Fort Clark, Tex., ca. 188-: Horses and wagon beside tent] – Antique Wall Art

[Fort Clark, Tex., ca. 188-: Horses and wagon beside tent], [ca. 188-] — historic photograph
[Fort Clark, Tex., ca. 188-: Horses and wagon beside tent], [ca. 188-]. Historic photograph from the Horses 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: [Fort Clark, Tex., ca. 188-: Horses and wagon beside tent], 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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[Fort Clark, Tex., ca. 188-: Horses and wagon beside tent]

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Fort Clark, in southwest Texas near the Mexican border, is the setting for this view of a horse-drawn wagon parked beside a canvas tent. Founded in 1852 on Las Moras Creek, the post served as a cavalry station through much of the frontier era, and the teams and wagons shown would have been essential to moving supplies and men across dry country. The caption card also links the scene to the Army Medical Corps, a reminder that the post's medical work depended on transport like this. The date is only approximate, so the picture is best read as a glimpse of ordinary frontier army life in the 1880s.

Created / published[ca. 188-]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Army, US--Medical Corps; Forts; Bandstands.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,186 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-106652

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