Bluejackets with rifles and machine gun

American sailors in Vera Cruz, Mexico, pose for the camera during the 1914 U.S. intervention. Most of the sailors sit or knee in two lines. Behind them are standing sailors. At their extreme left is a machine gun mounted on a tripod. The sailors wear blue “crackerjack” uniforms, “Donald Duck” sailor hats, leggings, and packs. Most carry rifles. The newspaper caption says that they are “waiting for snipers to show their heads.”

Publication date:

Copyright date: 1914

Size: 22.6 x 23.1 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: black and white

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)

Temporal: 1914-04-21

Subject(s):

• Campaigns & battles--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave)--1910-1920
• Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)--History--American occupation, 1914--Campaigns & battles--American
• Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)--History--American occupation, 1914--Military personnel--American
• Sailors--American--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave)--1910-1914
• United States. Navy--People--Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave)--1910-1920

Genre(s):

• News photographs
• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Daily Tribune (April 30, 1914), p. 15

Format(s):

• image/jpeg
• application/pdf

Creator(s):

• Weigle, E. F.