Title |
Camp of 2d Penna. Infantry, "Anthony Wayne." Clifton Heights, Delaware Co. Pa. August 1889. (Major Porters tent) [graphic]
: Lt. Col. O. C. Bosbyshell; Major Jno. Bieldles? [porter?]; George Brown (Colored.)
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Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1889 |
Date |
[August 1889] |
Physical Description |
1 photograph : albumen mounted on cardboard ; mount 20 x 26 cm (8 x 10 in.) |
Description |
Group portrait showing Lt. Col. Bosbyshell (right), Major John Bieldles? (left), and George Brown (center right) posed in
front of the tent of Maj. J. Biddle Porter at the Pennsylvania National Guard Second Regiment encampment in Clifton Heights,
August 4-10, 1889. The Lt. Col. and Major, attired in their uniforms of dark-colored jackets and white pants, sit on folding
chairs, their legs crossed. Bieldles (left), with cropped dark hair and a mustache, holds a book in his right hand and points
a finger on his left hand upwards. Brown, an African American man, possibly a porter, with cropped dark hair and attired in
a white, long sleeve shirt, and dark-colored trousers, lies on his side, in front of Bosbyshell (right). Bosbyshell wears
glasses and has grey hair and a goatee. He rests his right arm on the back of his chair. The flaps to the tent, marked "N.G.P.,"
are open. Shelving, pails, and a steamer trunk are visible inside. The men sit and lie under an awning pitched in front of
the tent. A wooden water tower, shed, shelter, and crates, near a row of trees, are visible in the background. An African
man stands next to the shed, and the head of a seated African American man is visible in the shelter. Bosbyshell was a coiner
at the Philadelphia mint 1875-1885 and superintendent 1889-1894. The Pennsylvania National Guard encampment included drills,
a dress parade, receptions, and inspections by Adjunct-General Daniel H. Hastings and Governor James A. Beaver. The camp adjoined
the grounds of "Mr. Bishop."
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Notes |
Title from manuscript note on verso. |
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Date from manuscript note on verso. |
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Mount is black with gold edges. |
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See Philadelphia Inquirer, August 5-6, 1889 and August 9, 1889. |
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RVCDC |
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Description reviewed 2022. |
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Access points reviewed 2022. |
Subject |
Bosbyshell, Oliver Christian, 1839- -- Portraits. |
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Brown, George -- Portraits. |
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Pennsylvania. National Guard. Infantry, 2nd. |
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Camps -- Pennsylvania -- Clifton Heights. |
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African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Clifton Heights. |
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Tents -- Pennsylvania -- Clifton Heights. |
Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1880-1890. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| group portrait photographs - military - Second Pennsylvania Infantry [P.2018.36] |
Accession number |
P.2018.36 |