Garden Party, Governor's Island (LOC)

    Bain News Service,, publisher.

    Garden Party, Governor'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.
    Photo shows an annual lawn party, possibly in 1911, 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 and similar Bain negatives: LC-B2-2202-12, LC-B2-2202-13 and LC-B2-2202-10)
    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.09245

    Call Number: LC-B2- 2202-14

    Comments and faves

    1. ★

      guillaume.clerc, • Eliane •, lensjockey™, michaelarenella, and 24 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. Miss History (48 months ago | reply)

      I love this shot! The ones where people don't know they're being photographed are the best. Seeing people acting natural reminds you that people have always been the same.

    3. *darkly dreaming gardener* (42 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called skint...getting by creatively and gracefully, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

      I need that gaint flag cover for my portable garage!

    4. Wystan (39 months ago | reply)

      May 25, 1911.

      Two more photographs from this occasion, the annual lawn party of the Army Relief Society (which raised funds for the care of widows and orphans of officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army):

      www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/216 3471986/in/p...

      www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/216 3471766/in/p...

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