• Collection ID DN-0001428
  • Creator Names Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
  • Title [Eight soldiers standing next to each other on a platform at the Chicago North Western Railway Company depot] [graphic].
  • Dates 1903 Aug. 28.
  • Physical description 1 negative : b&w, glass ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Access and usage restrictions Restriction: Original negatives are fragile and not available to researchers. Please consult the on-line image instead.
  • Collection summary Image of eight soldiers standing next to each other on a platform at the Chicago North Western Railway Company depot in Chicago, Illinois. A train is visible in the background. Image may have been taken to illustrate a show of U.S. military strength after the dispatch of United States warships to Beirut and Genoa, Italy after the assassination of Vice-Consul Magelssen in Beirut.
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  • Names Chicago and North Western Railway Company
  • Subjects
    • Railroad stations Illinois Chicago 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Soldiers Illinois Chicago 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Transportation Illinois Chicago 1900-1909. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) 1900-1909.
  • Genre
    • Group portraits. gmgpc
    • Dry plate negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin dry plate negatives. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
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