Detroit Naval Reserve in Decoration Day parade
Naval Reserve marching on Woodward past the Detroit Opera House (Campus Martius). Signs for Opera House and Michell's drugstore. War memorial on traffic island and fountain in park. Horse-drawn carriages. Stamped on card back: "From Alvord & Co., exclusively, commercial photographers, 55 Rowland St., Detroit, Mich., ground floor." Typed on label on mat back: "'The old guard,' first parade of Detroit Naval Reserve, Charles C. Poe - Lieutenant, Gilbert Wilkes - Lieutenant, F.D. Standish - Ensign, W. Howie Muir - Ensign, Henry B. Joy - B.M.1, G.E. Lothrop - B.M.2, S. Hendrie - G.M.2, W.H. Burtenshaw - Cox., H.H. Sanger - Cox., H.M. Jewett - Cox., Paul F. Bagley - Lds., [all remainder Lds.] J.E. Bartlett, Benjamin P. Brodie, C.H. Campbell, David S. Carter, Emory W. Clark, A.J. Ducharme, William A. Dwyer, T.G. Fletcher, Stuart A. Fraser, F.B. Gaylord, Paul R. Gray, D.F. Godfrey, Samuel S. Harris, William P. Harris, J.A. Hinchman, J. Elliott Hunt, Henry K. Jones, Richard P. Joy, Charles B. King, T.E. Lockwood, Henry B. Lewis, J.C. Liggett, H.D. McMillan, S.T. Miller, J.S. Newberry, T.H. Newberry, John T. Nichols, William J. O'Brien, L.H. Paddock, Charles L. Palms, Delos L. Parker, Ed. H. Parker, W.R. Parker, Oliver Phelps, C.A. Rathbone, William E. Rice, H.H. Robinson, George K. Root, Alexander H. Sibley, Crapo C. Smith, M.S. Smith, 2nd., Charles B. Warren, F.S. Werneken, Alexander B. Wetmore, L.D. Wight, M.S. Williams, Charles S. Witbeck, Ernest S. Witbeck. Presented by Henry B. Joy. From Kodac [Kodak?] taken by James Joy. First parade of first division, Michigan State Naval Brigade, at Detroit, Michigan, Decoration Day, May 30th, 1894. Lietuenant Charles Carroll Poe, Lieut. Com'd'g Div. First Division M.S.N.B. Organized at Detroit on February 28, 1894."
- Creator:
- Alvord & Co.
- Resource ID:
- DPA1704
- Subject:
- Michigan--Naval militia
- Naval reserves
- Parades--Michigan--Detroit
- Memorial Day
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Albumen prints
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1894-05-30
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on mat board ; image 14.25 x 17.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- LM/Michigan state naval brigade
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.