The Snapshots in Time Collection
Album Page: 'The Band and a Bull-Fighter,' 'Mr. Howard and a Group of Marines,' 'Mexican Officers at the Fight,' and 'The Mexican Body Guard' — U.S. Navy Liberty Party at a Mexican Bullring, c. 1898-1910
This album page captures a U.S. Navy and Marine Corps liberty party attending a bullfight in Mexico, likely during a goodwill port visit in the early 1900s. Handwritten captions identify 'The Band and a Bull-Fighter,' a civilian companion 'Mr. Howard' posed with Marines, ranks of 'Mexican Officers at the Fight,' and the extensive 'Mexican Body Guard' filling the arena's grandstand, illustrating the ceremony and military hospitality accompanying American naval visits to Mexican ports during the Old Navy era. Project: 218601