<I>19182 -- Company of Colored Troops Equipped with Lewis Machine Guns, 8th Illinois Inf.</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1914-1916
name: label: Created by
content: Keystone View Company, American, 1892 - 1972
notes: label: Caption
content: This 1918 stereograph depicts Chicago’s Old 8th Illinois, which became the 370th Infantry Regiment during World War I. Originating ca.1870, the 8th Illinois deployed to Cuba during the 1898 Spanish-American War and to Texas during the 1916-1917 Mexican Punitive Expedition. They were seasoned soldiers when World War I started.
label: Description
content: An undated stereograph produced by the Keystone View Company of an outdoor military scene titled: "19182 -- Company of Colored Troops Equipped with Lewis Machine Guns, 8th Illinois Inf.", below image. The stereograph is rectangular in shape with two identical albumen photographs that are square-shaped with a curved top edge attached to a piece of gray cardboard. Both images feature a large group of African American soldiers belonging to the 8th Infantry from Illinois posed in front of a white bricked buidling with bars on the lower windows. In the foreground are soldiers seated on the ground and posed with Lewis Machine guns. The left edge of the stereograph contains the following textual information: "Keystone View Company/ Manufacturers/ Publishers/ COPYRIGHTED/ MADE IN U.S.A." while the right side contains the following textual information: "Meadsville, Pa./ New York, N.Y./ Portland, Oregon/ London, Eng./ Sydney, Aus.".
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: World War I
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.155.188
objectType: label: Type
content: stereographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: albumen, sodium chloride and silver nitrate on photographic paper and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 1/2 x 7 in. (8.9 x 17.8 cm)