These MCRC photographs are from the
Special Collections Library, Alfred M. Gray
Marine Corps Research Center, Quantico, VA.
Pages 1-5
offer digitized photos of the 71 relevant photos in the
collection of Captain George F. Stockes, one of
the shrewdest and most capable of the Marine
Corps officers to operate in Las Segovias.
Capt Stockes, a veteran of the Great War in
France, was stationed in Somoto from around
August 1927 to April 1929. On Stockes &
his comrades' efforts to hunt down Sandinista
General Carlos Salgado & other rebel chieftains
in the Honduran borderlands in March-April 1929,
see the
TOP 100, PAGE 33; on his savvy
biography of EDSN Gen. Jos?
Le?n D?az,
see
TOP 100, PAGE 44. In the archival
boxes the Stockes photographs appear in random
sequence. Most have no identifying
captions; a few have writing on the back.
When they do the writing is also shown.
In March 2017,replica watches lower-resolution (72 dpi) photos
of the Stockes photos were replaced with high-resolution
(600 dpi) scans.
Pages 6-12
houses photos from the collection of
Private First Class Carl P. Eldred.
Notable photos in the Eldred collection are some
excellent shots of the ranch house at the coffee
farm Darail?, owned by longtime Nicaraguan
liberal Mois?s Gonz?lez; an exceptional photo of
a barefoot boy dressed in rags in a town street;
photos of the electric plant outside Matagalpa,
and of British citizen and coffee planter
Charles "Carlos" Potter, owner of La Fundadora
coffee farm; and photos of natives and native
houses on the "edge" of La Fundadora.
Additional
collections are forthcoming; it's a big library.
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Captain George F. Stockes Collection,
Part 1 |
Marine patrol crossing stream near
Somoto ? Patrol on hillside near Somoto, www.bestclocks.cn 28 Sept. 1928 ? Patrol near La Palanca,
Nicaragua, 28 Sept. 1928 ? Patrol near
La Palanca, 28 Sept. 1928 ? Stockes,
Shaw, and a third officer, La Palanca,
Nicaragua, 28 Aug. 1927 ? Patrol
marching up hillside, Western Segovias ?
Marine Corps biplane ? Three Marines
posing by a tree ? Campesino in field
with burro ? Marines on patrol ? Capt.
Stockes with gathering of Marines and
natives ? Marines conferring near their
barracks ? Native man dressed in white ?
Burro ? "The land God forgot," Mylote,
Nicaragua, near Honduran border, Sept.
1928
(15
photos)
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Captain
George F. Stockes Collection, Part 2 |
Four Marines seated outdoors ? Two Marines and
one native seated outdoors ? Election day, San
Lucas near Somoto, 4 Nov. 1928 ? Grave
markers of two Marines, Somoto, 1928 ?
Marines butchering a calf in the field ?
Segovian mountains with fog ? Segovian
mountains shrouded in fog ? Segovian
mountains in fog ? Fog lifting over
Segovian mountains ? Segovian mountains
? Segovian mountains ?
Segovian mountains with patrol in
foreground ? Segovian village ?
Volunteer forces between Santa Mar?a and
Yucat?l, Nicaragua ? Volunteer forces
between Santa Mar?a and Yucat?l
(15
photos)
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3 |
Captain
George F. Stockes Collection, Part 3 |
Patrol on the march ? Patrol fording
shallow river ? Patrol marching through low brush ?
Patrol fording stream ? Pedro the dog, San Juan
de Limay, May 1928 ? Lt. Salzman with
George the Mule, 50th Co., San Lucas ?
Guardia Soldier with wife and child ?
Guardia barracks, Somoto ? Mounted
patrol heading out of Somoto ? Foot
patrol across the plains ? Marines at
rest outside building ? Patrol through
pine forest ? Patrol stopped on hillside
? Foot patrol along trail in flatlands ?
Foot patrol through mountains
(15 photos)
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Captain
George F. Stockes Collection, Part 4 |
Foot patrol down stream ? Foot patrol
approaching settlement ? Marines resting
on log along trail ? Two armed mounted
men in open forest ? Segovian Village ?
Three Marines in camp ? Betty the deer,
mascot of 50th Co., Somoto, August 1928
? Gathering of citizens, Somoto ? Marine
barracks, Somoto, October 1928 ? Somoto,
with Somoto Mountain in the Distance,
August 1928 ? Mounted Patrol with Lts.
McHenry and Shaw, August 1928 ? Nine
Marine Officers, Somoto, July 1928 ?
Four Marine Officers, Four Nicaraguans,
Somoto, August 1928 ? Voluntarios Gen.
Caldera, Col. Cordero, Capt. Espinosa,
Somoto, late 1928 ? Voluntarios Gen.
Caldera, Col. Cordero, Capt. Espinosa,
Somoto, late 1928 ? Marines and
Voluntarios near Somoto
(15 photos)
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Page
5 |
Captain
George F. Stockes Collection Part 5 |
Patrol to Paredes ? Marines clambering
up hillside ? Colorized photo of Stockes
and another Marine officer ? Troops in
town square, Somoto ? Formal photographs
of Captain George F. Stockes
(10 photos)
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Page
6 |
Carl P. Eldred Photos, Part 1 |
Marines in formation ? Marine band in
formation ? Lt. Hudnall USMC seated in
the field ? Marine reposing with rifle ?
Marine posing in front of tent with
Browning Automatic Rifle ? Marine posing
in front of tent with Krag rifle ?
Marine squad posing with firearms ?
Marine posing in front of tent ? Marine
in front of open door of building ?
Marine posing with Browning Automatic
Rifle
(10 photos)
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Page
7 |
Carl P. Eldred Photos, Part 2 |
Marine posing in front of tent ? Marine
posing with Browning Automatic Rifle in
front of tent ? Marines in front of what
looks like a barracks ? Marine seated on
curved outdoor stairway petting small
dog, caption "Pvt Foley & the cat" ?
Small deear among Marine Corps tents ?
Marines with firearms, probably in Campo
de Marte ? Two Marines posing in front
of barracks ? Marine posing in front of
tents - Two photos of two Marines with
woman, caption of one reads "Gunner
Lorring, Mrs. Lorring, Pay Clerk Miller"
(10
photos)
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Carl P. Eldred Photos, Part 3 |
Marines at target practice ? Three-story
building with lots of chimneys ? Tall
stone building with wooden walkway with
woman in white dress ? Marine Corps band
leading formal procession along paved
city street ? Marine Corps band leading
formal procession, street-level view ?
Marine Corps band leading formal
procession further away from downtown
area ? National Bank of Nicaragua ?
Barefoot man pausing with ox-cart with
clock tower and bell tower in background
? Panoramic view of what looks to be a
town in Las Segovias ? Clock tower and
bell tower with Christian cross in
between
(10
photos)
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Carl
P. Eldred Photos, Part 4 |
Barefoot boy dressed in rags on unpaved
street ? Church at Condega used as
barracks for 57th Co. ? Guardia
Headquarters in Nicaragua ? Officers'
quarters, Campo de Marte, Managua ?
Urban street scene with pedestrians and
automobile ? The Capitol of Nicaragua ?
Three small children by the roadside
outside of Condega ? Condega air field ?
"Some of the better class of natives" at
edge of air field outside of Condega ?
Captain's tent at Condega, 57th Co. USMC
(10
photos)
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10 |
Carl
P. Eldred Photos, Part 5 |
Ranch house at the coffee farm Darail?
showing whole house and Marine Corps
kitchen with stovepipe "poking thru the
roof" ? Darail? "with old glory in
foreground" ? Close up of machine gun
emplacement at Darail? ? Shower bath at
Darail? ? Rear of Marine Corps barracks
and coffee drying trays at Darail? ?
Rear of Marine Corps barracks at
Darail?, with a view down the valley ?
Ranch house and Marine Corps barracks at
Darail?, with trail to Condega in
foreground ? Native man and woman posing
in front of wooden building at "edge of
village of native workers" at the coffee
farm La Fundadora ? Rural setting, with
wood pile in foreground and building in
background ? Another rural setting with
open-air slatted wood building with
corrugated metal roof adjoining a taller
building with wooden shake roof
(10
photos)
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11 |
Carl
P. Eldred Photos, Part 6 |
Ranch or homestead in rural valley with
buildings in partially cleared forest ?
Boys in rowboat and swimming in lake ?
Electric power plant outside Matagalpa ?
Water tank for electric plant outside
Matagalpa ? Native Nicaraguans employed
at electric power house outside
Matagalpa ? Bridge over Matagalpa River
at entrance to city of Matagalpa ?
Natives sawing lumber ? Charles Potter
with housekeeper Mrs. Naylor and pet dog
? Automobiles and civilians with Marines
along rutted dirt road ? Pack mules on
trail from Condega to Darail?
(10
photos)
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Carl P. Eldred Photos, Page 7 |
"Patrol and pack train moving out from
Darail?" ? "The old boy himself [General
Feland?] on Dreadnought" the horse ? "A
picture showing thick under-brush and
woods" ? "Some of the boys on the trail
notice the rifle butt on the nearest one
and another tightening his clinch" ?
"Marines on hike crossing Matagalpa
River" ? "Myself mounted on Dreadnought"
the horse
(6 photos)
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