Tents set up for G.A.R. convention

Grab

Description

Two young men in shirtsleeves stand in front of two large tents next to piles of chairs. Banner across nearest tent reads: "Camp Grace, Island hospital." Multicolored wreath and roping decorate front tent pole. Written on negative (reversed in scan): "807." Recorded in glass negative ledger: "D/Conventions-G.A.R.-25th national encampment, Detroit, 1891." Emulsion flaking on edges.

Details

Resource ID:: EB02f768
Subject:: Grand Army of the Republic. National Encampment; Tents--Michigan--Detroit; Glass negatives
Date:: 1891
Format:: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 3 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Negative Number:: BHC glass neg. no. 3717
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