Photograph of Cadets at the Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois

Alton, Cadets, military, Western Military Academy

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Photograph of Western Military Academy cadets standing in two single-file lines with a man standing between them. On the left there is a small building, and on the right another larger building in the background, as well as a wall tower visible in the middle.

• SIUE Archives

Godfrey Photograph Collection

• Alton
• education

Unknown

English

• Photograph

• jpg
• Black and white photographic print

11.75 x9.5 [inches]

• Alton, Illinois

• GodfreyPhoto-P-041