Fort Leavenworth: Troops Leaving for Spanish-American War
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Date1898
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper, some mounted on cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 x 3 1/8in. (7.6 x 7.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 x 3 1/8in. (7.6 x 7.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 x 4in. (10.2 x 10.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 x 3 1/8in. (7.6 x 7.9cm)
Mount (height x width): 4 x 4in. (10.2 x 10.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Penny B. Havard
DescriptionViews, possibly amateur photographs, of a frame house with a porch, a grassy lawn, a hedge, a paved sidewalk, and small trees. Other views show soldiers in uniform marching, a man on a bicycle, leafless trees, and large buildings in the background.
Object number2003.4.14-.17
InscribedOn recto, 2003.4.14 and 2003.4.15 have accession numbers in pencil, right margin. 2003.4.14 is inscribed in black ink, beneath image, "Side view of our qtrs. at Ft. Leavenworth". 2003.4.15 is inscribed in black ink, beneath image, "View of walk in front of our qtrs. at Fort Leavenworth Kas."On verso, 2003.4.16, inscribed in pencil, "Leavenworth troops / marching to war by / our house, April 19th / 1898". On verso, 2003.4.16 and 2003.4.17 have accession numbers in pencil, lower right.
NotesSubject Note: Photographs were taken while Lt. Col. William F. Flynn of Connecticut was stationed at Fort Leavenworth, possibly by Lt. Col. Flynn or a member of his family. (Finlay 6/13/2003)
On View
Not on view
Detroit Photographic Co.
about 1905
