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CADETS IN FIRING POSITION. No military officers receive more thorough drilling with small arms than do these cadets, and it is essential that they should have such knowledge at their finger tips when they graduate. An officer in the Revenue Service is called upon to keep proficient in small arms practice, as he may be called upon to do military service at short notice.
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U.S. REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE. Cadets in Firing Position.
CADETS IN FIRING POSITION. No military officers receive more thorough drilling with small arms than do these cadets, and it is essential that they should have such knowledge at their finger tips when they graduate. An officer in the Revenue Service is called upon to keep proficient in small arms practice, as he may be called upon to do military service at short notice.
American
1906
Medium/Technique
Photo-chromolithograph on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.9615
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: Copyright 1904 by Waldon Fawcett.
Back: undivided. Mint.
Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No.2325 "U.S.Revenue Cutter Service."
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
Back: undivided. Mint.
Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No.2325 "U.S.Revenue Cutter Service."
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)