Unknown photographer Soldiers drinking and playing cards on a barracks porch. Early 20th century photograph, mounted 8 x 10

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2042505

Description

Title: Unknown photographer Soldiers drinking and playing cards on a barracks porch. Early 20th century photograph, mounted 8 x 10
Creator: From the Collection: Simpson, Randolph Linsly, 1927-1992
Published / Created: circa 1912
Description: In pencil, verso, "Fort Leavenworth 10th cav." The idea of this posed subject originates in the "Darktown," humorous lithograph series of Currier & Ives. A set with 608.
Provenance: Purchase from Swann Galleries, Inc., 1995 on various funds.
Language: English

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

JWJ MSS 54

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Container / Volume

Box 19, folder 890

Access: Public
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Citation: Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection. James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.