19182 -- Company of Colored Troops Equipped with Lewis Machine Guns, 8th Illinois Inf.

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An undated stereograph produced by the Keystone View Company of an outdoor military scene titled: "19182 -- Company of Colored Troops Equipped with Lewis Machine Guns, 8th Illinois Inf.", below image. The stereograph is rectangular in shape with two identical albumen photographs that are square-shaped with a curved top edge attached to a piece of gray cardboard. Both images feature a large group of African American soldiers belonging to the 8th Infantry from Illinois posed in front of a white bricked buidling with bars on the lower windows. In the foreground are soldiers seated on the ground and posed with Lewis Machine guns. The left edge of the stereograph contains the following textual information: "Keystone View Company/ Manufacturers/ Publishers/ COPYRIGHTED/ MADE IN U.S.A." while the right side contains the following textual information: "Meadsville, Pa./ New York, N.Y./ Portland, Oregon/ London, Eng./ Sydney, Aus.".

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