Neat Pic

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by pitsword

Is that your Dad right behind the guide on carrier?

Uh, no...He's the one directly above the officer on the right (with drawn sword)...Round glasses and rolled brim on sides of cover [hat to you landlubbers]...

174th New York Infantry (pretty sure it's a National Guard unit), I believe based at Fort Drum (but I may be wrong; there were other camps back then)...This is an actual postcard (it says so on the back! ) and I'm guessing this is the 'graduation' formation...I can't make out the date (or maybe it's the unit designation)...

The postcard/pic has faded over the years, it's brown rather than black, and it used to be pretty sharply defined...