Name/Title
Canby, Spence, Major, Nephew of E.R.S. Canby, Military Photo, c. 1940Entry/Object ID
P1991.1H.146Description
Canby, Spence, Major, Nephew of E.R.S. Canby, Military Photo, c. b/w. Formal portrait photo of Major Spence Canby, great-nephew of General E.R.S. Canby. Head/shoulders view of man in military pith helmet and khaki shirt. This photo taken when Canby was still a Captain and shows Captains bars on shoulders. undated, but perhaps WWII vintage.
His uncle, General Canby was an officer during the Mexican, Civil & Indian Wars. He defeated Sibley in New Mexico and pushed the Confederates back to Texas, and later returned east in an administrative position as assigned by U.S. Grant. He was the only U.S. General to die in the Later Indian Wars in 1873. See Museum Graphic, Summer, 1954, Vol VI, No. 3.
Handwritten on back: "Major 'Spence' Canby, still wears captains bars."
Original digital scan on History CD 01Made/Created
Studio
UnknownDate made
1940Notes
Medium: Photographic PaperLexicon
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Canby, Edward R.S., GeneralPerson or Organization
Major Spence Canby