The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: GENERAL JIRON
A photographic record of General Jiron's world, from U.S. Marine and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional operations in Managua during the Sandino Rebellion to bullrings, lakeshore pumphouses, and everyday Nicaraguan street life. Interwoven with these expeditionary scenes are quiet American images GÇö snow-covered farmsteads, a 1928 Colorado touring car, a brick schoolhouse GÇö tracing the private life behind the uniform.
Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer Inspecting U.S. Marine Camp, Managua, Nicaragua
Column of Nicaraguan Troops Departing for the Front, Nicaragua
USS Henderson Transiting the Panama Canal Locks
Bullfighting Exhibition with Spectators, General Jiron Collection, Early 20th Century Central America
Deer Kept as Camp Mascots by U.S. Marines, Managua, Nicaragua
Snow-Covered Barn and Farmhouse, American Farmstead in Winter
Farmstead with Windmill, Farmhouse, and Poultry Yard
American Serviceman on Tropical Shoreline with Ox Cart and Anchored Sailing Vessels, Nicaragua
Poled Dugout Boat on a Jungle River, Nicaraguan Interior
U.S. Marines Unloading Supplies from F.W.D. Truck, Nicaragua
Major General and Chief of Staff Observing Wharf Operations, Quantico, Virginia
5th Marine Regiment Band Parading Through the Streets of Managua, Nicaragua
Nicaraguan Federal Troops in Firing Positions During Live-Fire Exercise
Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer and Brigadier General Logan Feland at Corinto, Nicaragua
Woman Posing Beside an Automobile in a Rural Desert Landscape, Late 1920s
Steam Shovel Loading a Miller Transportation Truck at an Excavation Site
Novillada (Young Bull Fight) in a Provincial Bullring Before a Large Crowd
USS Henderson (AP-1) Dressed with Signal Flags, Moored at Pier
Municipal Pumphouse on the Shore of Lake Managua, Nicaragua
Group Portrait of Six Military Officers in Tropical Service Uniform
Informal Group Portrait of Three Young Adults on a Fallen Log, Rural Wooded Setting, c. 1930s
Wooden Barracks Building Under Palm Trees, Tropical Military Installation
Loening OL-8 Amphibian Biplanes on Airfield Apron Before Hangar, U.S. Military Air Station
Three-Story Brick Institutional Building with Central Entrance and Flagpole, Early Twentieth Century
Man Beside 1920s Touring Sedan with Colorado 1928 License Plate, Rural Roadside
Military Band in Formation at Tented Field Camp, Central America, c. 1927-1932
Unpaved Town Street with Colonial-Style Architecture, Nicaragua, c. 1927-1932
Verso of Photographic Print with 'Post Studio, Managua, Nicaragua' Stamp
Verso of Photographic Print with Velox Watermark and 'Post Studio, Managua, Nicaragua' Stamp
Riverside Laundry and Domestic Scene, Nicaragua, c. 1927-1932
Line of Warships Making Smoke, Naval Fleet Exercise, Early 20th Century
Flood Inundation in a Tropical Town Street, Early 20th Century
Guardia Nacional Flag Ceremony on Decorated Reviewing Stand, Nicaragua, Interwar Period
