The Army of The Southwest Keeps History Alive!
The Army of the southwest (ASW) held the annual civil war reenactment in Jefferson Iowa as part of the Bell Tower Festival. Saturday was very damp due to the ongoing rainstorms that have passed through Iowa over the last few weeks. But Sunday was a beautiful day. Jefferson is located in a very bucolic setting in western Iowa and one of my favorite things about this event, was that the train horns can be heard in the air from the local Union Pacific railroad line. This was my first event for 2026, and I decided to incorporate one of my passions to my historic impressions as a field photographer. But it took some work to create this impression, so I built a camera housing that would accommodate both a traditional black and white film camera and a small digital camera. I was already in possession of a vintage Kodak Brownie Camera (120) that I purchased many years ago when I was experimenting with different film formats. I included a small digital camera for quick and expedient photos. I will be adding more photos to this article later when the roll of 120 film return from the processor.
Seargent OJ Fargo conducts drill
The camera housing with the digital camera
The digital camera in a home made adapter
The digital camera
The homemade camera housing
The camera hosing with the vintage Brownie inside
Camp Photos
Drill
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