These photographs are from the Special Collections Library, Alfred M. Gray Marine Corps Research Center, Quantico, VA (MCRC). 

     Pages 1-3 are devoted to photos from the collection of Captain George F. Stockes, one of the shrewdest and most capable of the Marine Corps officers to operate in Las Segovias.  Captain Stockes (who had fought in France in WWI) was stationed in Somoto from around August 1927 to April 1929.  (On his and his comrades efforts to chase down Sandinista General Carlos Salgado and other rebel chieftains in the Honduran borderlands in March-April 1929, and others, see Top 100, p. 7).  Page 4 houses photos from the Marines' Río Coco expeditions in 1928, and were kindly provided by Karl Offen of the University of Oklahoma.

     The Stockes photographs are digitized photos of the originals, which appear to be in no kind of order or sequence.  Most have no identifying captions; a few have writing on the back.  When they do the writing is also shown.

Inventory of Photos

Photo 1.  Marine Patrol Crossing Stream near Somoto.

Two copies of the same photo.  Writing on back:  "Crossing stream in the 'Heart of the Segovias.'  Captain Stockes patrol from Somoto.  1st Lts. McHenry & Shaw with patrol from P. Nuevo [Pueblo Nuevo]."

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Photo 2.  Patrol on Hillside near Somoto, 28 Sept. 1928 (1st Photo of 3).

Writing on back:  "'In the wilds of Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua.'  Capt. Stockes patrol after taking possession [of] hill held by bandit [Miguel Angel] Ortez.  Sept. 28, 1928." 

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Photo 3.  Patrol near La Palanca, Nicaragua, 28 Sept. 1928 (2nd Photo of 3).

A second photo taken in the same context.

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Photo 4.  Patrol near La Palanca, Nicaragua, 28 Sept. 1928 (3rd Photo of 3).

A third photo taken the same day.  Writing on rear:  "Communicating with airplanes after attack by the 'panel system.'  Capt. Stockes patrol at Las Palanca, Nic.  Sept. 28, 1928.

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Photo 5. Stockes, Shaw, and a Third Officer, La Palanca, Nicaragua, 28 Aug. 1927.

Writing on back:  "Myself, Shaw, Stockes.  Three well-fed patrol leaders.  Lapalanca, Nic.  Aug 28, 1927."  Stockes is on the right.  "La Palanca" was doubtless near the Honduran border, but does not correspond to any place on maps from the period.

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Photo 6.  Patrol Marching Up Hillside, Western Segovias.

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Photo 7.  Marine Corps Biplane.

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Photo 8.  Three Marines Posing by a Tree.

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Photo 9.  Campesino in Field with Burro.

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Photo 10.  Marines on Patrol

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Photo 11.  Capt. Stockes with Gathering of Marines & Natives.

Captain Stockes is the Marine officer in the front row on the far left.  This appears to be a gathering of local eminences and inhabitants.  Note the children's, and some of the men's bare feet.

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Photo 12.  Marines Conferring near Their Barracks.

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Photo 13.  Native Man Dressed in White.

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Photo 14.  Burro.

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Photo 15.  "The Land God Forgot."  Mylote, Nicaragua, near Honduran Border, Sept. 1928.

Writing on back:  "'The land God forgot.'  May lote, Nic. - on the Honduranian border Sept. 1928."

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Photo 16.  Four Marines Seated.

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Photo 17.  Two Marines and One Native Seated.

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Photo 18.  Election Day, San Lucas near Somoto, 4 November 1928.

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Photo 19.  Grave Markers of Two Marines, Somoto, Nicaragua, 1928.

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Photo 20.  Marines Butchering a Calf in the Field.

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Photo 21.  Segovian Mountains with Fog.

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Photo 22.  Segovian Mountains Shrouded in Fog.

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Photo 23.  Segovian Mountains in Fog.

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Photo 24.  Fog Lifting over Segovian Mountains.

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Photo 25.  Segovian Mountains.

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