1.00.764
Print, Photographic
1890 Approximate
Civil War Veterans at Maplewood Hotel. 7 3/4" x 9 1/2" photograph; group of men and a few boys gathered on the porch and steps of the old Maplewood Hotel in Maplewood Park; cannon in foreground with two men on either side; small flags attached to the posts of the porch; reverse side note: "Picture taken on the Maplewood Hotel entrance probably July 4 of Civil War veterans?? Only persons clearly identified by me is my father standing the second from the right pillar top step back row. Has a linen duster on and hat pulled down to shade his eyes. The other is Clare Jameson peeking around the left pillar leaning over railing and I am next to him. Picture taken in the late 80s or early 90s. (signed) Dr. Fred Smith, Rochester, Minn., 3/24/1951." G.A.R. area reunion at Maplewood Park Hotel taken around 1880.
G. A. R. (Grand Army of the Republic), Civil War Veterans; probably donated by Dr. Fred Smith.