[BUFFALO SOLDIERS]. A group of 32 stereoviews of African American soldiers incl. 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments. Ca 1890s-1900s.

Lot comprised of 32 stereoviews featuring African American troops training at camp, in combat, and participating in parades and reviews, published by various makers including Keystone View Company, F.J. Jarvis, Strohmeyer & Wyman, and Griffith & Griffith. Each stereoview is titled in the lower margin of the mount (generally good condition, occasional toning, soiling, edge and corner wear to mounts).

Highlighted titles/subjects include: 9th Cavalry of Colored Troops in Parade. -- Colored Veterans of the 15th Regt., 369th Infantry, Marching up Fifth Avenue, New York City. -- Litter Bearers, Medical Detachment, 8th Regt. of Colored Men. -- Lewis Machine Gun Equipment of 8th Regt. Colored Troops. -- Roosevelt Guard - A Company of Colored Troops, 8th Regiment. -- Machine Gun Company, Chicago Regiment of Colored Troops. -- Colored Troops returning from France on S.S. Aquitania, New York. -- The Original Buffaloes, 367 Infantry Colored Troops Rifle Practice, Camp Upton, NY. -- Troop D, 9th Cav. on the Trunk of the Fallen Monarch, Mariposa Grove, Cal. -- Industrial Parade, Booker Washington School, Tuskegee Ala., Mrs. McKinley in near carriage. -- 23rd Kansas Volunteers embarking for home. Santiago, Cuba. -- Eighth US Infantry ready to embark for Cuba. -- Troop K, 10th US Cavalry, on the March. -- Multiple images of Troop A, Ninth US Cavalry, "Famous Indian Fighters." -- And others.

[With:] 3 additional stereoviews featuring African American subjects on plantations, including examples by Kilburn & Bros. and Underwood & Underwood.

Together, 35 stereoviews with African American subject matter.

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American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana

[BUFFALO SOLDIERS]. A group of 32 stereoviews of African American soldiers incl. 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments. Ca 1890s-1900s.

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