[Unidentified veteran of Pennsylvania Veteran Post 451, Woodbury, Pennsylvania, in uniform, holding a parade flag and wearing a Grand Army of the Republic ribbon and hat badge, standing in front of a

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1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; sheet 143 x 99 mm, mount 165 x 108 mm (cabinet card format)

About this photograph

The archive dates this cabinet card to 1870 and identifies the subject as a veteran belonging to Post 451 of the Grand Army of the Republic in Woodbury, Pennsylvania. The photographer was S. B. Fluke.

The Grand Army of the Republic was the fraternal organisation of Union veterans of the Civil War, founded in 1866. Its local posts ran reunions and memorial observances for decades after the war. Members wore a distinctive uniform and badge to encampments and parades.

The subject wears the organisation's ribbon and hat badge and holds a parade flag, suggesting this portrait was made for a commemoration or reunion rather than to document wartime service. The veteran's name was not recorded with the photograph.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.

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