print, photographic

Name/Title

print, photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.027.002

Description

Print, photographic, modern gelatin silver copy print taken from vintage gelatin silver print, view of the funeral of Sgt. Charles H. Smith with pall bearers placing casket in the ground, at rear of Deer Park United Methodist Church, Smallwood, Md., image is printed at 7" x 7.25" on 8" x 10" paper, original maker unknown, 1898, copy print made by Robert Porterfield, Westminster, Md., 1999.

Acquisition

Accession

1999.027

Source or Donor

Porterfield, Robert E.

Acquisition Method

Gift

General Notes

Note

Man at center leaning on cane is Dennis Howard Frizzell. Donor reports that silver-headed cane was given to Frizzell by President Rutherford B. Hayes. This is a copy photograph of an original 1898 photograph owned by Dennis F. Blizzard of the funeral of Sgt. Charles Smith's funeral at Deer Park Church, Smallwood, Maryland.