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
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Lessie! added this photo to her favorites. (39 months ago)
pennylrichardsca (39 months ago | reply)
The Great Reunion, Gettysburg, July 1913:
www.nps.gov/archive/gett/getttour/sidebar/reu nion13.htm
David Sledge, Zinaida Beaumont (will catch Sunday), BobMeade, Meagan Fisher, and danedeasy added this photo to their favorites.
David G Photography (39 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.
technogeo (39 months ago | reply)
These are veterans of a battle that took place 50 years earlier. Possibly the last time some of them shaved.
barry_steam added this photo to his favorites. (39 months ago)
David C. Foster (39 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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