Soldiers doing laundry on Daufuskie Island

Grab

Description

Laundry hangs on clothesline in front of tents; other laundry is draped on bushes to dry; soldiers stand in front of tents; horse-drawn wagon holds barrels. Recorded in ledger: "Washing in rear of camp at DeFuskie [sic] Island."

Details

Creator:: Lake, Alma
Resource ID:: SPAW346
Subject:: Spanish-American War, 1898; Laundry--South Carolina--Daufuskie Island; Daufuskie Island (S.C.); Soldiers--Michigan; Photographers--Michigan; Glass negatives
Date:: 1898-1899
Format:: 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Negative Number:: SPAW glass neg. no. 417
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.