Stereograph of troops with marching band

A sepia tone stereograph card of U. S. Army infantry troops in Niobrara, Nebraska. In both left and right stereoviews, several men in full infantry and marching band uniforms stand in formation on a wide lawn. They are flanked by two large white buildings and mature trees. In the left stereoview, the last soldier seen at the right-most of the right stereoview, is not in frame on the left stereoview.

On the reverse of the photographic card, in black ink, is a railroad extension lot list, and details about the front image’s photographer. From top to bottom, it reads: [LOT A. / Pyramid Park (D. T.) Scenery. Northern Pacific Railroad Extension. / No. 1. End of Track. / “ 2. Construct on Train. / “ 3. Laying Track. / “ 4. Walker’s Cut, showing Vein of Coal 10 ft. thick. / “ 5. Scoria Cut and Inaccurate. Clay 55 ft. deep. / “ 6. Bad Land Scenery. Summit, N. P. R. R. entrance to Bad Land’s. / “ 7. Bad Land Scenery. Summit, N. P. R. R. entrance to Bad Land’s. / “ 8. 3 Butes; 1 Lignite and Clay; 2 Indurated and Scoria. / “ 9. Petrified Stumps on Indurated Clay Pillars, near N. P. R. R. Cuts. / “10. Petrified Stumps on Indurated Clay Pillars, near N. P. R. R. Cuts. / “ 11. Jasper Rock, Scoria Cut N. P. R. R. / “ 12. Cantonment, on Little Missouri River, N. P. R. R. Crossing. / “ 13. Lignite, 5 ft. vein, on Little Missouri River, N. P. R. R. Crossing./ “ 14. Surveying Party, resident Engineer, S. N. Keith. / “ 15. Pulpit Bute. / “16. Monumental Rocks, Sandstone. / “ 18. Alkaline Clay Butes. / “ 19. Near Cedar Canon, Scoria Butes in distance. / “ 20. Near Cedar Canon, Scoria Butes in distance. [others. / “ 21. Cedar Canon. Fossil leaves are found here by Prof. Denton and / “ 22. / “ 23. Wild Scenery near Cedar Canon, / “ 24. West Missouri River. / “ 25. / “ 26. / “ 27. Bute Indurated Clay. / “ 28. Grading Camp, West Missouri River. / “ 29. Hard Clay Mounds. / “ 30. Indurated Clay Bute. [at Cantonment. / “ 31. Two Ree Indian Scouts, “Four Thorn” and “Bull in the Water,”/ W. R. CROSS / PHOTOGRAPHER / NIOBRARA, NEB.].

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