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Description
A U.S. Army band was stationed in Laredo, Texas with the Mexican Border Guard to help boost moral. The camps were stationed in Laredo in 1916, before the United States was brought into WWI, to protect the U.S. border and American citizens from potential attacks resulting from the Mexican Revolution.
The band is pictured in full uniform and with instruments. The identities of most of the men are unknown, except for Herbert Cobb, standing in the back row, third from the left. Cobb was a World War I soldier who was sent overseas to France, went to military training schools to become a Lieutenant, and lost his life in 1918 a month before the war ended.
About This Item
- Title: U.S. Army band, Laredo, Texas, 1916
- Creation Date: 1916
- Subject Date: 1916
- Location: The Rio Grande, Laredo, Webb County, TX
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 14 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 2824, Box 2/6
- Collection: Cobb brothers World War I correspondence
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Bands (Music)
- Border patrols--Mexican-American Border Region
- Mexican-American Border Region
- World War, 1914-1918
People
Other Keywords
- Division
- Encampment
- Infantry
- Infantry Band
- Mexican American Border
- Mexican Revolution
- Regiment
- World War I
- WWI
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