Presentation of colors to 1st Michigan Infantry
Grab
Description
View of soldiers in formation with crowd of people across from them and buildings in background. Presentation of colors to the 1st Michigan Infantry on their departure, May 11, 1861, ceremony on the Campus Martius, H.R. Andrew's Rail-Road Hotel in the center background (site of the later Detroit Opera House). Recorded in glass negative ledger: "D/History-Civil War." Glass negative is cracked in upper left corner. Also have print from negative.
Details
- Creator:
- Bardwell, Jex, 1824-1902
- Resource ID:
- EB02d104
- Subject:
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)
- Crowds--Michigan--Detroit
- Plazas--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Glass negatives
- Date:
- 1861-05-11
- Format:
- 1 negative : glass ; 3.5 x 3.25 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Streets-Campus Martius, 1861
- Negative Number:
- BHC glass neg. no. 354; BHC lantern slide no. 152; also stereocard EB02c105 which indicates Jex Bardwell is the photographer
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.