U.S. Marines load rifles aboard USS Prairie, in March 1911 (ggbain.09401)
U.S. Marines load rifles aboard the training ship USS Prairie (later AD-7), in March 1911. the location may be the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. The 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Provisional Brigade, was organized aboard the USS Prairie on 8 March 1911 for temporary foreign shore service in Cuba (actually, this maneuver was designed as a show of force to dissuade Mexican rebel activities near the border of the United States).
- Date
- 1911-03
- Collection
- Bain News Service
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 5,229 × 3,843 pixels
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"U.S. Marines load rifles aboard USS Prairie, in March 1911 (ggbain.09401)" (1911-03). Bain News Service. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._Marines_load_rifles_aboard_USS_Prairie,_in_March_1911_(ggbain.09401).jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 246640.
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