[Scrapbook Page: Co. I 23rd Infantry]

One of 34 photographs in the series: Frank Lauderdale Cook Scrapbook available on this site.

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Photographs of Co. I 23rd Infantry and camp. The top left photo is of military men setting up a camp, identified as "Brook Camp." The top right photo is of a large group of men marching in formation with tents in the background. The middle photo is of the Co. I 23rd Infantry, taken in Pharr, Texas on August 21, 1916, with handwritten labels identifying some of the men as missing, wounded, prisoner, or killed. The bottom left photo is of the camp kitchen, a fire pit with a pile of logs and pots next to it. The bottom right … continued below

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5 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 25 cm., or smaller, on sheet 21 x 25 cm.

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Cook, Frank Lauderdale 1916/1917.

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Photographs of Co. I 23rd Infantry and camp. The top left photo is of military men setting up a camp, identified as "Brook Camp." The top right photo is of a large group of men marching in formation with tents in the background. The middle photo is of the Co. I 23rd Infantry, taken in Pharr, Texas on August 21, 1916, with handwritten labels identifying some of the men as missing, wounded, prisoner, or killed. The bottom left photo is of the camp kitchen, a fire pit with a pile of logs and pots next to it. The bottom right photo is of men in lines being issued ammunition for their rifles.

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5 photographs : b&w ; 9 x 25 cm., or smaller, on sheet 21 x 25 cm.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2014

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  • 1916/1917

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  • Jan. 26, 2015, 9:55 p.m.

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  • Dec. 1, 2020, 3:37 p.m.

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Cook, Frank Lauderdale. [Scrapbook Page: Co. I 23rd Infantry], photograph, 1916/1917; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth575348/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Museum of South Texas History.

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