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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05111.02.1027 |
| From Archive Folder | Cartes de visites |
| Title | Three young soldiers' orphans, Alice, Frank & Frederick, vignette group portrait |
| Date | 23 September 1865 |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Content Description | Imprint on recto "Frank, Frederick, Alice." Graphite inscription on verso "B" "W.H.P." Photographers imprint on verso: "The Children of the Battle Field' This is a copy of the Ferrotype found in the hands of Sergeant Humiston of the 154th N.Y. Volunteers as he lay dead on the Battle Field of Gettysburg. The copies are sold in furtherance of the National Sabbath School effort to found in Pennsylvania an Asylum for dependent Orphans of Soldiers; in memorial of our Perpetuated Union. This Picture is private property and cannot be copied without wronging the Soldiers' Orphans for whom it is published. Philadelphia, Sept. 23d 1865. J. Francis Bourns" "Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown 912-914 Chestnut Street Philadelphia." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Battle Death Children and Family Charity and Philanthropy Photography Battle of Gettysburg Education Women's History |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |