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Strohmeyer & Wyman "Rough Riders" filling belts with Cartridges.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06449.06 Author/Creator: Strohmeyer & Wyman Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1898 Pagination: stereoview Order a Copy

In the foreground, five men sit or kneel on the ground with cartridge belts. Another kneeling pair occupies the middle ground, right. The background shows a building, a group of horses, and a standing figure.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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