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Soldiers of the Ninth Cavalry Regiment sit on top of freight cars
Soldiers of the Ninth Cavalry Regiment sit on top of freight cars
Soldiers of the Ninth Cavalry Regiment sit on top of freight cars

Soldiers of the Ninth Cavalry Regiment sit on top of freight cars

Photographer (1866 Reedsville, West Virginia - 1913 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
DateSeptember 12, 1912
MediumAlbumen silver print
Dimensions4 9/16 × 3 1/2 in. (11.6 × 9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of H. Leonene Smith
Object numberPA1994.010.013
DescriptionSoldiers of the Ninth Cavalry Regiment stand and sit on top of Union Pacific boxcars on the railroad tracks in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Inside the boxcars are the horses for the cavalry. The soldiers are wearing brown U.S. Army uniforms with white cloth leggings and Montana-peaked hats. Two men in business suits stand along the tracks.
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