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This unusual photograph is of a group of officers and enlisted men, most with sabers drawn, and a military band on an elevated platform built around the trunk of a tree, in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Also visible are a saddled horse, and buildings in the background to the left.
Date: Between 1860 and 1870
Item Number: 100613
Call Number: Loan from Leavenworth Co Hist: 35.7.4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 100613
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical groups - Bands
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical instruments
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Leavenworth
Military - Service - Army - Bands
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Leavenworth
Type of Material - Photographs
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