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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of Battery D Heavy Artillery being arranged for a group portrait by a photographer at the Presidio of San Francisco. In the near distance, soldiers in the Battery D Heavy Artillery stand in formation for a group portrait on a riser that stands left-of-center and angled slightly to the left. They face towards a camera that stands stop a tripod in the foreground at left. Between the camera and the soldiers, several other military personnel stand in front of the soldiers. They stand with their backs to the camera as they watch the scene. A photographer stands in front of the center of the riser as he directs people to position. His back is to the camera and he is the only one not dressed in uniform. Trees line the background. Text from negative sleeve: 895. San Francisco Presidio, 1898. Photographer is lining up Battery D Heavy Artillery to take their group picture.
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_0895_001 ark:/21198/zz002hrtw6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Soldiers--American--California--San Francisco Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.) Photography--California--San Francisco
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