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INDIAN WARS ERA CABINET CARD – EL PASO, TEXAS
PHOTOGRAPHER – 23RD INFANTRY SOLDIER – SCARCE
TEXAS IDENTIFIED IMAGE:
This is a very striking cabinet
card image of a late Indian Wars 23RD
Infantry solider. Dressed in his five button blouse and
wearing his forage cap with the regiment’s insignia,
this handsome fellow sports a well groomed mustache. Of
particular value, this image was taken in downtown El
Paso, Texas by Joslin in his “Photo Parlor”.
Amen J. T. Joslin was listed in business in Illinois in
1874, 1878 and 1882, and was active in El Paso by 1892.
This cabinet card, measuring 6 ½” by 4 ¼”, is back
marked with a legible photographer’s stamp and is full
form with no damage to the image or the edges.
19th
Century Texas made military images are quite scarce and
this one captures a dapper soldier on duty along the
border frontier. $200
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