Cabinet photograph of Arthur Levy, a cadet at the Staunton Military Academy in Staunton, Virginia. The photograph is dated circa 1885. The reverse of the photograph bears the inscription "Respectfully yours, Arthur Levy". Benjamin Ami Blakemore, active 1872-1932, is the photographer. Arthur Levy is likely the son of Ezekiel Jacob Levy (1833-1908), a captain in the Confederacy and a member of a Richmond, Virginia Jewish family.
Subject: Military Academies
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An invitation to the "Cadet Hop" at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, on July 4, 1860. The invitation, in its original envelope, was addressed to "The Misses Mordecai" care of Major Mordecai at the Watervliet Arsenal in West Troy, New York. Alfred Mordecai Jr. was a cadet at the academy at the time.