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Item Identifier Number
ms147_17_2_29
Creation Date
1903
Disciplines
Military History | United States History
Collection
MS-147: Martha McClellan Brown
Description
The photograph shows the guard tent at the annual Miami Military Institute encampment, circa 1903, referred to as "Camp MMI". Cadets in service uniforms are seated on a bench beside the tent and other cadets stand around the entrance of the tent. Two free standing pyramids of rifles are in front of the tent. Markings on the front of the tent read, "Chas. Glawe Mfg. Co. Awnings, Tents & C. Dayton, Ohio". The cadet wearing the dark shirt and sword, far left, is Kleon Thaw Brown the youngest brother of Orvon Graff Brown, founder and president of the Miami Military Institute. The photograph is from an album in the Martha McClellan Brown Collection.
Publisher Repository
Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries
Digital Publisher
Digital Services Department; Wright State University Libraries
Document Type
Image
Media Type
Photographic print
Permissions
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Date Digital
9-5-2009
Digitization Specification
Epson Expression 10000 XL
Keywords
ms147_17_2_29; Brown, Kleon T., 1886-1925; Brown, Martha McClellan, 1838-1916; Cadets; Glawe Awning and Tent Company; Miami Military Institute (Germantown, Ohio); Military camps; Military education; Military uniforms; Military weapons; Photograph albums; Tents
