The Snapshots in Time Collection
Group Portrait of a Nine-Man Military Rifle Team, Early 20th Century Cabinet Photograph
This cabinet-card photograph, likely dating from the early 1900s to mid-1910s, depicts a nine-member military or cadet rifle team posed outside a brick armory or academy building. Team members are equipped with bolt-action service rifles fitted with fixed bayonets, standard infantry drill weapons of the period, while an officer or coach at left is shown with a sword and lanyard rather than a rifle. The matching stand-collar tunics and peaked caps are consistent with National Guard, militia, or military school uniforms of the era. A period inscription on the mount identifies two of the sitters by name, a common practice for keepsake photographs shared among unit members or family. Project: 218638