Panoramic group portrait of the 15th Cavalry Division commanded by Colonel George Horace Morgan at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, 1915. The image shows the soldiers mounted on horses and in formation on a parade ground near the officers' quarters, as well as mountains in the background. Ink inscriptions throughout the image identify the troops of soldiers and the ranks of officers.
Alternative Title:
Fifteenth U.S. Cavalry, Fort Bliss, Tex., Col. G. H. Morgan - Com'd'g., photo and copyright, by J. U. Medley, -1915-.
Description:
Joseph Urban Medley (1868-1932) was a photographer active in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Texas City, Texas., Purchased from Vigilante Rare Documents on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2012., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
El Paso (Tex.)--Pictorial works., Fort Bliss (Tex.)--Pictorial works., Mexican-American Border Region--Pictorial works., and United States--Armed Forces--Pictorial works.
Subject (Name):
Medley, Joseph Urban,--1868-1932., Morgan, George Horace,--1855-1948--Pictorial works., and United States.--Army.--Cavalry Regiment,15th--Pictorial works.
Three photographs forming a panoramic view of Portland, with houses in clearings in foreground, Willamette River in middle distance and Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens in background.
Description:
Carleton E. Watkins, photographer of the American West, travelled to Oregon in 1867 to take photographs along the Columbia and Willamette Rivers., Three photographs forming a panorama 39 x 151.9 cm. when joined., and Title devised by cataloger. Attribution to Watkins appears on back of photographs. Photographs dated from reference sources.
Subject (Geographic):
Hood, Mount (Or.)--Pictorial works., Portland (Or.)--Pictorial works., and Saint Helens, Mount (Wash.)
