Civil War veteran with medals, at National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Item Overview

Title

Civil War veteran with medals, at National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Los Angeles, circa 1928

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

[circa 1928]

Date

1928

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Medium shot of Civil War veteran, with mustache and long goatee, wearing jacket with Grand Army of the Republic member badge and probably Civil War Campaign Medal, hat with Grand Army of the Republic insignia, with wall in background
The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers (NHDVS), Pacific Branch, was an earlier name, in part, for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Photographed on the grounds of what was later named the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (U.S.)

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2468 - 2468 - 2470 - 2471 2472 - 2473 - 2474 Soldiers Home Bldgs, Cemetery - barracks
Handwritten at edge of negative: 2474

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Pacific Branch
Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (U.S.)

Location

California--Los Angeles--Sawtelle

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Government
Veterans--California--Los Angeles
Medals