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[Photograph album of U.S. Army soldiers during Punitive Expedition at Arizona-Mexico border].
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[Photograph album of U.S. Army soldiers during Punitive Expedition at Arizona-Mexico border]Abstract:
Snapshot photograph album depicting daily life among U.S. Army soldiers of A Troop (perhaps of the 1st Cavalry) stationed
in Arizona near the United States-Mexico border as part of the "Punitive Expedition" (aka "Pancho Villa Expedition", or "Mexican
Expedition") waged against Villa's paramilitary forces during the Mexican Revolution. Images document everyday on-duty and
leisure activities. Many individuals are identified by last name.
Date:
1916 (issued)Subject:
n-us-azSoldiers -- Arizona -- Photographs
Mexican-American Border Region -- Photographs
Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine -- Photographies
Mexique -- Histoire -- 1910-1920 (Révolution)
United States. -- Army -- History -- Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916 -- Photographs
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Photographer, compiler unknown.
Most images described by hand-written captions on album leaves.
A few prints detached from their mounts were removed from album and filed separately (in PIC folder).
Purchase from McBride Rare Books ; 2022.
Photograph album of U.S. Army soldiers during Punitive Expedition at Arizona-Mexico border, BANC PIC 2023.105, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPhotograph albums.
Physical Description:
photoprint
approximately 215 photographs in 1 album and 1 folder : gelatin silver prints mounted to album leaves ; prints various sizes,
album 15 x 21 cm
Language:
English