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Buffalo soldier posing with an Army pack mule, Ft. Bayard, New Mexico ca. 1890s

Black and white photo of a Buffalo soldier posing with an Army pack mule, Ft. Bayard, New Mexico, circa1890s

Buffalo soldier posing with an Army pack mule, Ft. Bayard, New Mexico, probably in the 1890s. From the Hodge Family Papers (MS 99).

Arizona, Southwestern, and Borderlands Photograph Collection
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