Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
PS0359 |
Collection |
Small Photograph Collection |
Title |
Civil War Veterans |
Date |
May 30, 1922 |
Year Range from |
1900 |
Year Range to |
1950 |
Description |
View of veterans of the Civil War standing in front of the Masonic Temple on the corner of Middle Street and Miller Avenue, Portsmouth, NH. The photograph appeared in the Boston Sunday Globe on June 11, 1922, and the headline was "Ages of 14 Civil War Veterans, Members of Storer Post. G. A. R., of Portsmouth, NH, Aggregate 1108 Years." The caption identified all of the men with their age at time of photograph. From left to right, the men were the following: (front row) John W. Leavitt, 78; John W. Amazeen, 79; Joseph W. Marden, 82; Robert J. Churchill, 84; Edwin D. Rand, 79; George E. McIntosh, 77; Augustus Spinney, 74; George Stackpole, 82; Joseph S. Doolittle, 87; Henry S. Paul, 80; William H. Lovell, 79; William H. Spinney, 80; (back row) Color Guards Henry A. Morgan, 76, and Leslie Norman, 71. |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Search Terms |
Masonic Temple St. John's Lodge Middle Street Storer Post G.A.R. Miller Avenue |
Subjects |
Civil War, 1861-1865 Men Uniforms Veterans Freemasonry |
People |
Amazeen family Amazeen, John William, 1842-1923 Churchill family Churchill, Robert John, 1838-1929 Doolittle, Joseph, dfl 1865 Leavitt family Leavitt, John Watson, 1844-1923 Marden family Marden, Joseph Warren, 1840-1927 McIntosh family McIntosh, George E., 1845-1928 McIntosh, George E., 1845-1928 Norman, Leslie Paul, Henry S., b. 1842 Rand family Rand, Edwin David, 1843-1925 Rand, Edwin Reed, 1843-1910 Smith, William Henry, 1842-1932 |