"A wide plain, dotted with tents, gleaming in white in the bright sunshine. Soldiers moving about everywhere, at all sorts of duties. In the background looms up a big cigar factory, giving the prosaic touch to the picture needed to bring ...See more"A wide plain, dotted with tents, gleaming in white in the bright sunshine. Soldiers moving about everywhere, at all sorts of duties. In the background looms up a big cigar factory, giving the prosaic touch to the picture needed to bring out in sharp contrast the patriotism with which the scene inspires in us. The camera was on a rapidly moving train, so the panoramic view is a wide one, and remarkably brilliant." Written by
Edison Catalog (1898)
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