Sec'y Stimson & Gen. Grant, Lawn Party, Gov's Island (LOC)

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    Sec'y Stimson & Gen. Grant, Lawn Party, Gov's Island

    [1911 May 25]

    1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

    Notes:
     Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Date from similar Bain negative: Lc-B2-2202-12.
    Photo shows General Frederick Dent Grant, commanding officer on Governors Island with Secretary of War Henry I. Stimson, probably on the occasion of the annual lawn party sponsored by the Army Relief Society, which raised money for widows and orphans of officers and enlisted men of the regular army. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)
    Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

    Format: Glass negatives.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

    Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09435

    Call Number: LC-B2- 2230-11

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      caroline la rousse added this photo to her favorites. (59 months ago)

    2. mhobl (42 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Just walking, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    3. mhobl (42 months ago | reply)


      Your Walking-picture is really interesting! Gratulations!

    4. Wystan (39 months ago | reply)

      The Lawn Party on Governors Island in New York harbor was an annual fundraising event for the Army Relief Society, which provided succor to widows and orphans of officers and enlisted men of the regular army. Henry L. Stimson, the newly-appointed Secretary of War, attended this affair on May 25, 1911.

      Here is another photo of Stimson with General Grant:
      www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/216 3471766/in/p...

    5. Barbara (LOC P&P) (39 months ago | reply)

      Wystan: Thanks for pinning down the event and tying this and related images together. We'll add information when we update the descriptions.

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