Geronimo Campaign

PhotographerPhotographed by J. C. Burge American

Date1883-1918

MediumPhotography; albumen prints, gelatin silver prints on paper, some mounted on cardboard

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 5/8 x 7 1/8in. (11.7 x 18.1cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 4 11/16 x 7 1/2in. (11.9 x 19.1cm) or smaller
Mount (height x width): 5 x 8in. (12.7 x 20.3cm) or smaller

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Penny B. Havard

DescriptionMen in uniform, most of them on horseback, ride through canyons and desert in the American Southwest. One photograph shows an army camp with tents pitched in rows and horses picketed at the right. Covered wagons, presumably supply wagons, are in the foreground. Mules drawing a covered wagon stand in front of a rocky cliff. A cross, presumably a red cross, is on the side of the wagon. Men on horseback cross a bridge across a rushing stream. Men in uniform march in files along a dirt road.

Object number2003.4.18-.23

InscribedOn verso, 2003.4.22 and 2003.4.23 are printed in black ink, "Arizona and New Mexico. / The Apache Indians in their native wilds, Moqui, Zuni and other / Indian Pueblos' [sic] -- Cliff Dwellings of a forgotten race-- Ancient Ruins &c., with pictures of Indians / from every tribe in the South-west." 2003.4.18 is inscribed in black ink, "at Fresh Pond". All photographs have accession numbers in pencil, lower right.NotesSubject Note: According to a note from the donor, most of these photographs relate to the Geronimo Campaign of 1883-1886 and show an army campground and pack train composed of 30 Indian Scouts and Troop B 4th Cavalry in the Huachuca Mountains near Nogales, Mexico. Lt. Col. William F. Flynn of Connecticut was one of the commanding officers during this operation. 2003.4.18 appears to relate to a different action and is probably significantly later. (Finlay 6/13/2003)

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