Name/Title
Photograph "Canadian Contingent Mounted Unit, Quebec, June 1897."Entry/Object ID
1946.3.4Description
Photograph "Canadian Contingent Mounted Unit, Quebec, June 1897."
6 1/2 X 8 1/4 inch sepia-toned black/white photograph "Mounted Unit at Quebec (June 1897). Detail shows at least 100 Cavalry men, Non-commissioned Officers, Officers drawn up in at least 7 ranks. Brick barracks buildings in background, left and centre.
Cavalrymen wear white Wolseley Helmets, blue service dress tunics, breeches, wellington boots or half-boots, waistbelts, sword slings, 1864/1882 pattern swords, white buffor black leather crossbelts. Some men armed with Lee-Enfield Mark I carbines.
Units are: Royal Canadian Artillery, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, 2nd Dragoons, 5th Princess Louise Dragoon GuardsDimensions
Dimension Notes
L 23.2, W 17.5
