Unknown [Sailors on parade]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04546.141 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1900 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 20.3 cm.
Summary of Content: Photograph shows sailors in parade formation marching down a street. Taken during the Boxer rebellion.
Background Information: Brown served as Paymaster Yeoman on the USS Monocacy during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. The Monocacy had served in Chinese waters for nearly 30 years, and was ordered to recapture the ...forts at Taku on 11 June 1900. He was trapped with the US Marines and multinational force in Tientsin.See More
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Historical Era: Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
Subjects: Military PersonnelMilitary UniformsNavy
Sub Era: Empire Building
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