Post by butlersrangers on Jul 24th, 2017 at 3:04am
Answer: When a picture is used on 'Wikapedia' and it is Model 1895 Winchester-Lee rifles!
'Google Searching' tonight I ran across this 'fuzzy' photograph I had never seen before. Apparently, it is 'Public Domain' from the USMC.
It was captioned as, "United States Marines with Krag-Jorgensen rifles". It was thought to have been taken in 1898, possibly, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
I cleaned it up as best I can. It looks to me to be Winchester-Lee rifles, web-gear, and bayonets.
The photo appears posed, but, a couple of men seem to be, or are simulating, inserting 'clips' into their rifle's magazine. (Pretty cool photo - IMHO).
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United_States_Marines_with_Krag-Jorgensen_rifles-not.png ( 593 KB | 0
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United_States_Marines_with_notKrag-Jorgensen_rifles-ed2.png ( 728 KB | 0
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'Google Searching' tonight I ran across this 'fuzzy' photograph I had never seen before. Apparently, it is 'Public Domain' from the USMC.
It was captioned as, "United States Marines with Krag-Jorgensen rifles". It was thought to have been taken in 1898, possibly, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
I cleaned it up as best I can. It looks to me to be Winchester-Lee rifles, web-gear, and bayonets.
The photo appears posed, but, a couple of men seem to be, or are simulating, inserting 'clips' into their rifle's magazine. (Pretty cool photo - IMHO).
United_States_Marines_maybe_cuba.jpg ( 82 KB | 0
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United_States_Marines_with_Krag-Jorgensen_rifles-not.png ( 593 KB | 0
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United_States_Marines_with_notKrag-Jorgensen_rifles-ed2.png ( 728 KB | 0
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