Content: Typed on mount: "The militiamen shown here may be considered typical of the country at large. Each man has (or should have) his 'good musket or firelock, a sufficient bayonet,' and all other paraphernalia required of him by law. The scene is laid at one of the three or four annual drills which were about as effective as the picnics they resembled. No uniforms were provided; the few suggested in the plate represent relics of some former war or service in a Volunteer company. Only the wealthier officers possessed real martial dress."
Source Note: Soldiers of the American army, 1775-1941. (New York H. Bittner and Company 1941) Kredel, Fritz (1900-1973), Illustrator. Todd, Frederick P. , Author.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : col. ; 30 x 20.5 cm.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17692024
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 265ff320-c539-012f-a3a5-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1941

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Common militia, 1830." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1941. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/265ff320-c539-012f-a3a5-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1941). Common militia, 1830. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/265ff320-c539-012f-a3a5-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Common militia, 1830." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/265ff320-c539-012f-a3a5-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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