- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Old Guard of the Gate City
- Creator:
- Mathewson, Tracy B.
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1879
- Subject:
- Military officers--Georgia
Military organizations--Georgia
Military personnel--Georgia
Houses--Georgia--Atlanta
Facades--Georgia--Atlanta
Uniforms--1870-1880
Old Guard of the Gate City Guard (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Portrait of members of the Old Guard of the Gate City Guard, including (right to left): Sgt. E. W. Reinhert, Lt. Joseph Lumpkin, Sgt. E. W. Hewitt, Captain S. A. Swearinger, Lt. J. L. Jackson, Lt. W. C. Sparks, Corporal W. B. Cummings, Corporal M. F. Amorous, Corporal Gordon C. Neff, Sgt. William M. Camp, and Corporal Charles E. Sciple.
Originally organized in 1857, the Old Guard of the Gate City Guard served as the first response military unit to offer their services to Governor Joseph E. Brown in defense of Georgia. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.2530.001
ahc1702530001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/2849
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
