Secy Garrison - Gen. Leggett [i.e., Liggett] (LOC)

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    Secy Garrison - Gen. Leggett [i.e., Liggett]

    [1913 July] (date created or published later by Bain)

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

    Notes:
     Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
    Photo shows Secretary of War, Lindley Miller Garrison (1864-1932) and Brig. General Hunter Liggett (1857-1935) at the Gettysburg Reunion (the Great Reunion) of July 1913, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. (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.13857

    Call Number: LC-B2- 2791-1

    Comments and faves

    1. Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (38 months ago | reply)

      Hunter Liggett (March 21, 1857– December 30, 1935) was a lieutenant general of the United States Army. His forty-two years of service spanned the period from the Indian campaigns to trench warfare.
      Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Liggett

      Lindley Miller Garrison (November 28, 1864 – October 19, 1932) was a New Jersey lawyer who served as Secretary of War under U.S. President Woodrow Wilson between 1913 and 1916.
      Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindley_Miller_Garrison

    2. Howard33 (38 months ago | reply)

      With all due respect to the two distinguished gentleman, I would really rather have a clear look at that car.

    3. Wystan (38 months ago | reply)

      Other Bain/LOC photos of General Hunter Liggett, commander of the 50th Anniversary encampment at Gettysburg (his name misspelled as Leggett):
      www.flickr.com/search/?q=leggett&w=862322 0@N02

    4. David C. Foster (38 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Veterans of the American Civil War, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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