RARE U.S. BANANA WARS U.S. MARINE CORPS BANDSMAN ID'd 1904 - PHOTOGRAPH USMC for Sale

RARE U.S. BANANA WARS U.S. MARINE CORPS BANDSMAN ID'd 1904 - PHOTOGRAPH USMC For Sale

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RARE U.S. BANANA WARS U.S. MARINE CORPS BANDSMAN ID'd 1904 - PHOTOGRAPH USMC:
$295.00

ORIGINAL!RARE! U.S. BANANA WARS U.S. MARINE CORPS BANDSMAN ID'd 1904 - PHOTOGRAPH

U.S. BANANA WARS - U.S. MARINE CORPS BANDSMAN ID'd 1904. PHOTOGRAPH.

EARLY VIEW OF A U.S. MARINE WEARING AN EGA (EAGLE GLOBE AND ANCHOR DEVICE). THE EGA WAS ADOPTED BY U.S. MARINE CORPS IN 1868. ALONG WITH HIS MODEL 1904 HAT WITH EGA, HE WEARS HIS SKY BLUE DOUBLE BREASTED BANDSMAN OVERCOAT WITH USMC BUTTONS OVER HIS DRESS BLUES. THIS MARINE LIKELY POSED FOR THIS PHOTO WHILE STATIONED AT THE BOSTON NAVY YARD ONLY 1 BLOCK FROM WHERE THE OPPENHEIM PHOTO STUDIO WAS LOCATED.

PERIOD HAND ID'd ON THE REVERSE:

Harry Givens

PHOTOGRAPHER ON THE FRONT LOWER RIGHT MOUNT:

OPPENHEIM

23. TREMONT ST.

BOSTON, MASS.

( Oppenheim -Julius M. Oppenheim,

photographer. 23 Tremont St., Boston, Mass., USA.

Active 1894-1941)

DIMENSIONS: 5" x 7"

SEPIA

CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE THROUGHOUT WITH SOME VERY LIGHT HANDLING FROM ITS 120 YEARS.