• Word on hatband: OHIO. - Wystan
  • African-American porter. - Wystan
  • hand-written caption in reverse:"Vets homward bownd" (sic) - technogeo

Vets. entraining - Gettysburg (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

Vets. entraining - Gettysburg

[1913 July]

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

Notes:
 Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Handwritten caption in reverse on negative: Vets. homeward bound.
Photo shows 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).

Subjects:
 Gettysburg

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.13848

Call Number: LC-B2- 2790-3

Comments and faves

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    Lessie! added this photo to her favorites. (38 months ago)

  2. pennylrichardsca (38 months ago | reply)

    The Great Reunion, Gettysburg, July 1913:
    www.nps.gov/archive/gett/getttour/sidebar/reu nion13.htm

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    David Sledge, Zinaida Beaumont (will catch Sunday), BobMeade, Meagan Fisher, and danedeasy added this photo to their favorites.

  4. David G Photography (38 months ago | reply)

    I guess beards were ok in the military back in those days. Neat photo, thanks for saving and posting these photographic histories.

  5. technogeo (38 months ago | reply)

    These are veterans of a battle that took place 50 years earlier. Possibly the last time some of them shaved.

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    barry_steam added this photo to his favorites. (38 months ago)

  7. 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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    holly georgia, paws22, DarkVictory19, queenbotu (is a busy little gnome), and 5 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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