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Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.172  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Cavalry on the Mexican Border
Gift of Elizabeth W. Temple, 2011.63.172 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Cavalry on the Mexican Border

Date1916
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 x 2 5/16in. (10.2 x 5.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/2 x 2 3/4in. (11.4 x 7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth W. Temple
DescriptionMen in military uniform are riding horses through a desert landscape.
Object number2011.63.172
InscribedOn verso, upper left, in pencil, "Anninger / Stewart / Buck / C. D. Cheney / Hughes / Slimmon / Bulkeley / Way / Eaton / Brown / Blake 2 / A. L. Dexter / V. R. Parmelee / R. O'Connor / Melim [?]; upper right, in black ink,"12"; upper right, in pencil "5 / Dickenson / (Mexican Border) / 1916; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: In 1916 and 1917, the United States army conducted military operations against the forces of Pancho Villa. The names of several Connecticut men are inscribed on the back of this photograph showing a cavalry unit somewhere along the Mexican border, probably in Arizona. (Finlay 3/27/2012)
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