Posted 3 years ago
Charlie67
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Can anyone identify the company or date of this photo. Photography mark says Rennard Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania
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Posted 3 years ago
Charlie67
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Can anyone identify the company or date of this photo. Photography mark says Rennard Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania
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Hey Charlie, here's something that may help:
https://www.cavhooah.com/pages/guidons
1885 - General Order 10 reverts back to the red-over-white guidon, now with the regimental number on the upper half and the letter of the troop on the lower half.
The Site may help, it looks like the Guidon in your photo is red over white and 1 over D, so regiment 1 troop D in 1885? A start maybe! Bill :^)
Here's a Google search also:
https://www.google.com/search?q=wilkes+Barre+Pennsylvania+regiment+1+troop+D+1885&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjO8qKlrJ72AhVgATQIHW6RAIQQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=wilkes+Barre+Pennsylvania+regiment+1+troop+D+1885&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQDDoGCAAQBRAeOgQIABAYOgYIABAHEB46CAgAEAcQBRAeOgUIABCABDoECAAQHlCDE1jM2Qpg-pcLaABwAHgCgAFmiAGhHZIBBDcyLjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ7ABAMABAQ&sclient=img&ei=DKAaYs68JuCC0PEP7qKCoAg&bih=633&biw=1404&hl=en
I hope this helps! Bill :^)
Thanks Bill!
I would think a Pennsylvania State Regiment. 1st PA Cavalry.
Probably very early 20th century. A photo of the entire mount and photographer info may help.
Guys are holding Sharps carbines not krags.
Scott
That is the entire picture I received the photo that way says something W Rennard Wilkes Barre on bottom of pic.
The mount ( cardboard that the photo is attached to) can help in dating the photo.
Your photo doesn’t appear to show the entire mount.
If the photo is not attached to cardboard— a photo of the back of the photo itself might help.
Scott
The photo is glued to a partial piece of the black cardboard mount. If I remove the picture it would get damaged. This is how I received the photo unfortunately. There is only a small piece of the mount on the front that has the photographers company.
I read that sharps rifles were not used by the US military after 1881.
Iam assuming they are Calvary based on their swords? I have and 1862 Calvary sword made in clayville NY. Looks the same
The U.S. military went to .45-70 Springfield in 1873 and the .50-70 (Sharps included) went out. Now State militias would have taken awhile to change, but not forever as the .50-70 caliber ammo went out of production in 1876.
What is the brown cardboard that is shown at the top and top half on the right (as viewed).
scott
The brown card board seems to be what it was mounted on. It has no marks other than a photographers mark that says something w.Rennard Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. It is glued on and there are no other markings. It was cut from a larger piece of cardboard.