Grand Army women at MAINE exercises (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Grand Army women at MAINE exercises
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the
negatives or caption cards.
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
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19247
Call Number: LC-B2- 3504-8
Comments and faves
Cassies grandma (5 weeks ago | reply)
Would these be wives/widows/daughters of the GAR?
EspressoBuzz (5 weeks ago | reply)
So unusual to see an un-leveled photo. Hand-held?
jelon71 (5 weeks ago | reply)
They were dressed so elegantly. Beautiful shot.
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artolog (5 weeks ago | reply)
They are probably a women's auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organizations for Union veterans There were two such organizations, The Ladies of the G.A.R., composed of relatives of veterans, and the Womans' Relief Corps, whose members did not have to be relatives of veterans. They are still around, even though GAR is not.
suvcw.org/LGAR/NewsEvents.html
www.suvcw.org/WRC/index.htm
artolog (5 weeks ago | reply)
They are marching in front of Charles T. Bainbridge's & Sons (according to the sign over the door), a stationery company then headquartered in Brooklyn, so I think these Maine exercises were at or around the Brooklyn Naval Yard. Bainbridge's was at 20 Cumberland Street, Brooklyn. It looks like the building is still there, though the street level windows and doors have been bricked in and reconfigured some.
maps.google.com/maps?q=20+cumberland+street,+ brooklyn,+ny...
artolog (5 weeks ago | reply)
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