AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN & U. S. INDIAN WARS SOLDIER POSE IN BURNED TOWN PHOTO c1896

AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN & U. INDIAN WARS SOLDIER POSE IN BURNED TOWN PHOTO c1896. AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN AND AN INDIAN WARS U. ARMY ARTILLERY SOLDIER WEARING A KEPI POSE WITH TWO OTHER IMPORTANT MEN IN A RECENTLY BURNED DOWN TOWN AFTER HELPING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF A GREAT FIRE. ON THIS SIDE OF A SMALL BRIDGE WITH THE SIGN ; "SLOW / BRIDGE CROSSING" AND RAILROAD TRACKS (ALONG SIDE A SMALL TRAIN STATION) A HORSE & BUGGY, A MAN WITH A BICYLE, MEN AND UMBRELLA CARRYING WOMEN CITIZENS OF THE TOWN LOOK ON AT THE DEVASTATION FROM THEIR MAIN STREET, SHOCKED BY THE SIGHT OF MUCH OF THE TOWN STILL SMOLDERING.

IN THE HILLS IN THE DISTANCE REFUGEES TENTS CAN BE SEEN SET UP ABOVE THE TOWN, WERE THEY WATCHED AS FLAMES WERE EVENTUALLY EXTINGUISHED HOURS AFTER THE FIRE STARTED. (POSSIBLY THE CRIPPLE CREEK COLORADO FIRES OF 1896).

SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST. DIMENSIONS: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". PHOTOGRAPH IS PROACTIVELY MOUNTED TO HEAVY PAPER BOARD TO PREVENT CRACKING. THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY.