Booher, Perry

"Perry Booher

"Perry Booher

Name/Title

Booher, Perry

Description

Black and white glossy photographic print on a mount; appears to be copystand of a tintype. In center of print is an old man standing by an iron gate with military style insignia on gate above his head is word "Cemetery" except it is backwards; outer edges of print have design work similar to how brass or gold mats around a tintype would look if photographed ; man has on a hat and vest but no coat or tie. Print does not have very good resolution. On back of folder donor inscribed in ink: "Perry Booher/Taket (sic) at the/entrance to the Cemetery/at Gettysburg 50 years/after the battle of/Gettysburg./Perry Booher was in the/Civil War, serving 4 years/being in Sherman's March/to the Sea." Perry Booher was donor's uncle.

Collection

Lena Firn Grover Estate

Acquisition

Accession

1981.027

Source or Donor

Lena Firn Grover

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Artist

unknown

Place

Location

Gettysburg, Pa

Notes

Date: 1913 c.

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Booher, Perry

Create Date

July 3, 2000

Update Date

April 3, 2024