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IMAGE OF AN INDIAN WARS-SPANISH AMERICAN WAR ERA
SOLDIER DRESSED IN HIS FIELD UNIFORM AND ARMED WITH A
SPRINGFIELD TRAPDOOR RIFLE:
This cabinet card
image of a late Indian Wars or Spanish American War era
soldier was taken in San Francisco, California, perhaps
before joining his regiment in the Arizona Territory at
the end of the Apache Wars or before shipping overseas
to Cuba or the Philippine Islands. He is dressed in his
field uniform - dark blue wool blouse, light blue wool
trousers, leggings and tan campaign hat - and in
addition to his Trapdoor Rifle, he is also wearing a
khaki Mills looped cartridge with a Pattern 1886
Whittemore “H” Belt Plate. Interesting in that he is
otherwise dressed and equipped as an infantry soldier,
he is also wearing the gauntlets which were normally
only issued to mounted troops.
The image,
measuring 7 ¼" x 5 ¼", was taken at the Johnson Studio
in San Francisco, California. The image is in very good
condition with only minor staining – perhaps ink – but
no significant scuffing to the image surface. The upper
right and lower left corners of the card are bruised
with small surface loss, but the remainder of the edges
are strong.
Overall, this a nice image of a young soldier of the
period, armed and anticipating the adventures that
await him.
(0302) $65
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