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[Members of United Daughters of the Confederacy]

[Members of United Daughters of the Confederacy]
Description:

Photograph of the members of the United Daughters of Confederacy after a theatrical skit. The women are wearing matching dresses, Union solider hats, and they are holding brooms as rifles. They are posing in two rows, the back row is standing and the front row is kneeling. There is a scenic backdrop behind them that was used for their skit.
Creator: Unknown
Location:
Creation Date: Unknown
Partner(s):
Childress County Heritage Museum
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Collection(s):
Rescuing Texas History, 2007
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Creator:
Unknown
[Members of United Daughters of the Confederacy]
Original Creation Date: Unknown
Coverage:
Place
United States - Texas - Childress County
Era
New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
Description:

Photograph of the members of the United Daughters of Confederacy after a theatrical skit. The women are wearing matching dresses, Union solider hats, and they are holding brooms as rifles. They are posing in two rows, the back row is standing and the front row is kneeling. There is a scenic backdrop behind them that was used for their skit.
Note:

"Members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy donned Union soldiers caps and brooms for rifles in a skit, probably in the late 1890's. Several of the women were charter members of the UDC, according to Mrs. L.L. Baker recollections of UDC records."

Written on the back of the photograph:
"Back row: 1. Alla Mountcastle 2. Lynch Chesnutt 3. Janet Egerton 4. Lula Allbright 5. Mrs. Cristler 6. Nellie Egerton / Front row: 1. -- 2. Fannie Whiteside 3. Alice Hankins 4. Lettie Norris 5. Artie Whiteside 6. Jessie Collier 7. Artie Whiteside"
Physical Description:

1 photograph, b & w ; 5.75 in. x 7.5 in. mounted on a 8 in. x 10 in. frame
Language: English
Subject(s):
Keyword(s): United Daughters of the Confederacy | Confederates | Skits
Partner:
Childress County Heritage Museum
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Collection:
Rescuing Texas History, 2007
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Identifier:
  • LOCAL-CONT-NO: CCHM_205
  • ARK: ark:/67531/metapth34456
Resource Type: Photograph
Format: Image

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