Call NumberNS-746Alternate TitleFifth United States Artillery Battery DDatecirca 1901SummaryA member of Battery D of the Fifth U.S. Artillery sits on the shoulders of another man seated next to another man on a caisson. Another soldier is on a horse in the left midground, while others are seated on another caisson in the right foreground. The men are members of "Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World."Physical Description1 photoprint : black and white ; 15 x 24 cm (5 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectWild west showsCaissons (Vehicles)Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917United States. Army--ArtilleryBuffalo Bill's Wild West ShowCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700105746Type of MaterialPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, album 6Original Material Found in CollectionSalsbury collection, Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowNotesSalsbury Collection Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Rehearsal Pictures 1901 typed on first page of album; on final page of album "Cubans actual war veterans of Spanish-American War Color Guard under Gen. Maceo Members: Pedro Diaz, Colonel Valdez, Sergeant Hernandez, Colonel Aqueroy Aquero, Colonel Del Gado, Lieutenant Martinez, Colonel Amyritche, Bugle Caronelle, Lain de Soto, Lieutenant Mazzorra, Guide Carbo, Don Miguel, Sergeant Perez, Lieutenant Fortanella, Santa Marina."; Photographer's stamp "Photographed by John C. Hemment, 108 Fulton St., New York" on back of photoprint; "5th U.S. Artillery under Capt. Thorpe Battery D 5th" and "1901" handwritten on back of print. Photoprint has "202" handwritten in lower left corner and on back of print. Photoprint has orange discoloration in upper left corner. Title from album page. Vintage photographic prints. R7001057466
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