Mounted panoramic photograph, ‘Headquarters, Department of the Gulf.’
Scope and Contents
Mounted panoramic photograph, ‘Headquarters, Department of the Gulf.’ Sepia. Edwards & Son, Atlanta, Ga. Photograph is 8.5 x 19.25” mounted on 11.5 x 22” board. Shows group of man, women and children posed in front of building at 198. Many are wearing ribbons or badges. On front row, one African American (or someone dressed to look African American) with hair in scarf and wearing a sign ‘All Samee, Me Likee, CLAUBER, No Leekee.’
Dates
- early 1900s
Conditions Governing Access
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
1 piece?
General
ID from email from Mary Lou Eichorn, Historic New Orleans Collection: Leydon House, 198 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga.. The Department of the Gulf moved in the building in 1903; the building was razed in 1913. Scanned and added to Digital Collection, Feb. 2011.
- Dept. of the Gulf Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Panorama photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Mounted panoramic photograph, ‘Headquarters, Department of the Gulf.’
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
