Stereograph of troops with marching band
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1875
name: label: Photograph by
content: William Richard Cross, American, born 1843
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone stereograph card of U. S. Army infantry troops in Niobrara, Nebraska. In both left and right stereoviews, several men in full infantry and marching band uniforms stand in formation on a wide lawn. They are flanked by two large white buildings and mature trees. In the left stereoview, the last soldier seen at the right-most of the right stereoview, is not in frame on the left stereoview.
label: Description
content: On the reverse of the photographic card, in black ink, is a railroad extension lot list, and details about the front image’s photographer. From top to bottom, it reads: [LOT A. / Pyramid Park (D. T.) Scenery. Northern Pacific Railroad Extension. / No. 1. End of Track. / “ 2. Construct on Train. / “ 3. Laying Track. / “ 4. Walker’s Cut, showing Vein of Coal 10 ft. thick. / “ 5. Scoria Cut and Inaccurate. Clay 55 ft. deep. / “ 6. Bad Land Scenery. Summit, N. P. R. R. entrance to Bad Land’s. / “ 7. Bad Land Scenery. Summit, N. P. R. R. entrance to Bad Land’s. / “ 8. 3 Butes; 1 Lignite and Clay; 2 Indurated and Scoria. / “ 9. Petrified Stumps on Indurated Clay Pillars, near N. P. R. R. Cuts. / “10. Petrified Stumps on Indurated Clay Pillars, near N. P. R. R. Cuts. / “ 11. Jasper Rock, Scoria Cut N. P. R. R. / “ 12. Cantonment, on Little Missouri River, N. P. R. R. Crossing. / “ 13. Lignite, 5 ft. vein, on Little Missouri River, N. P. R. R. Crossing./ “ 14. Surveying Party, resident Engineer, S. N. Keith. / “ 15. Pulpit Bute. / “16. Monumental Rocks, Sandstone. / “ 18. Alkaline Clay Butes. / “ 19. Near Cedar Canon, Scoria Butes in distance. / “ 20. Near Cedar Canon, Scoria Butes in distance. [others. / “ 21. Cedar Canon. Fossil leaves are found here by Prof. Denton and / “ 22. / “ 23. Wild Scenery near Cedar Canon, / “ 24. West Missouri River. / “ 25. / “ 26. / “ 27. Bute Indurated Clay. / “ 28. Grading Camp, West Missouri River. / “ 29. Hard Clay Mounds. / “ 30. Indurated Clay Bute. [at Cantonment. / “ 31. Two Ree Indian Scouts, “Four Thorn” and “Bull in the Water,”/ W. R. CROSS / PHOTOGRAPHER / NIOBRARA, NEB.].
place: label: Place captured
content: Niobrara, Knox County, Nebraska, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Buffalo Soldiers
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
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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: 2013.244.5
objectType: label: Type
content: stereographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image, Sheet, and Mount): 3 11/16 x 6 11/16 in. (9.3 x 17 cm)