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Date
1920-1929
Description
A photographic print of eight Girl Scouts and their troop leader, all in uniform, with Mr. H.B. Stokes, a veteran of the United States Civil War who fought for the Confederacy. Likely taken at the R.E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home in Richmond, Virginia, which served as a support home for Confederate veterans 1885 to 1941. "2 Col Mr H.B. Stokes Confederate Veteran at Confederate Home" handwritten on back.
Corporate Name Subject
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
Topical Subject
Girl Scouts; Veterans; Soldiers' homes; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Genre
black-and-white photographs
Local Genre
photograph
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Commonwealth Council of the Girl Scouts of Virginia
Source
Girl Scouts with Confederate Veteran, Commonwealth Council of the Girl Scouts of Virginia records, M 400, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
M400_b023_f036_i001.jpg