File:Company D, First Washington Volunteers, circa 1898 (MOHAI 12897).jpg

The First Washington Volunteer Infantry was formed in May of 1898 at Camp Rogers, south of Tacoma, for service in the Spanish-American War. Over 1,000 men of the regiment served in the Philippines from November 1898 to September 1899. Company D was one of two companies from Seattle. This photograph of the company was a standard set up for group photographs taken before deployment, with the photographer B. F. Rahmeyer taking similar shots of companies from other parts of Washington and other states.

Handwritten on recto: Co. D 1st Wash Vols., B. F. Rahmeyer Handwritten on verso: First Row Center, Zephiniah B. Rassen Stamped on verso: B. F. Rahmeyer, N. 2750 Greenwich Street, San Francisco, Cal. Caption information sources: Statistical Exhibit of Strength of Volunteer Forces Called Into Service During the War With Spain (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899), https://history.army.mil/documents/spanam/ws-stat.htm; "First Washington Volunteer Infantry Regiment musters for the Spanish American War on May 1, 1898," by David Wilma and Greg Lange, HistoryLink.org Essay 5526.

• Subjects (LCTGM): Group portraits; Military personnel--American--Washington (State)--Seattle; Militias--Washington (State);