Photograph assistance

[bmarlowe1]

That's pretty cool - it does look to me like a Spanish - American war type uniform, but I admit that I am not an expert on that.

[Fritz]

That is my thoughts also, military collecting is my main hobby and when I looked at it a bit closer thats exactly what I saw, so with this in mind I think this may be from a military team like I mentioned in my previous post, worth a bit more checking.

Fritz

[Fritz]

Just a note this type of uniform was phased out of the army in approx 1902. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I may be able to research this more?

Fritz

[Fritz]

Well I talked to a firend of mine and it looks like this was taken at Jefferson Barrecks in St. Louis, he contacted a friend of his and he was pretty sure the "Commercial Club" was a team at this base like I posted earlier. Any thought on where to go to find out more?

Fritz

[steve B]

You could try the unit that was there at the time, if they're still around. If not, most of them got absorbed into other units or renamed. Lots of the older units have pretty good history departments.
Or, Maybe a St louis historical society? They or the St Louis library would have the newspapers from the time usualy on microfilm.

From here on, it's probably a matter of persistence in looking, and/or luck in finding info that was printed and saved. And that turns up in weird places sometimes.

Steve

[Fritz]

Thanks, I found the Jefferson Barracks site and sent an Email to the curator, I'll let you know what I find out.

Fritz