Invitation card for the reunion of the Baylor Light Horse Company B

Object/Artifact

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Invitation card for the reunion of the Baylor Light Horse Company B

Entry/Object ID

2083

Description

Invitation card for the reunion of the surviving members of the Baylor Light Horse Company B, 12th Virginia Cavalry in celebration of the 65th birthday of the organization's benefactor, Charles Broadway Rouss of New York. Invitation card is heavy cream colored stock with a portrait of Rouss, surrounded by text that reads: 65TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY OF Chas. B. Rouss. REUNION OF Baylor Light Horse, Co. B, 12th Va. Cavalry. Inside pages include: a title page with image of the Charles Broadway Rouss Memorial Hall Building; invitation text with program schedule by Julius C. Holmes, Captain of the Independent Steam Fire Company No. 1; and a list of the event's committee members. Back pages include black and white sketches of steam fire engines.

Acquisition

Accession

47

Source or Donor

Ingalls, John

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1901

Material

Paper