2.25” mirror which has about 10% of the silvering off the glass side. Celluloid side has noticeable tan age dots around the perimeter but the central real photo without dot pattern is unstained. Pictured are 16 men and 1 teenage boy. The men in baseball uniforms are primarily African American with large numeral “9” on their uniforms. In the back row second from the right is a white man who appears to be in an officer’s military uniform. The history of this group goes back as far as the 1880s when they were known as Buffalo Soldiers and stationed in Utah at Ft. Duchesne. Some history we found on the group at that time states “Army Records Show No Serious Incidents Of Any Kind Between Black And White Soldiers At Ft. Duchesne…The Only Problem Between White And Black Soldiers Seemed To Occur At Baseball Games, The Buffalo Soldiers Were Tremendous Baseball Players, Usually Winning Most Games They Played.” Fist fights apparently erupted over “bad” calls by umpires. These black cavalry soldiers also served with Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders in Cuba during the battle for San Juan Hill. We suspect this mirror with its 1907 date may have been produced from a photo taken at West Point as a detachment of the 9th Cavalry was assigned there to assist in Cadet riding instruction and mounted drill, conducted on ground now called Buffalo Soldier Field, formerly known as the Cavalry Plain. In addition to the moderate tan stain, surface shows general wear in reflected light but only a single tiny nick on the celluloid at far right. Probably only known example. From the Merkin Collection and comes with Hake’s COA.