Cunningham, James Smith, Medal of Honor Recipient, Civil War, Portrait Photo, c. 1915

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

79.43.8 Cunningham, James S, Medal of Honor, age 75, c. 1915

Name/Title

Cunningham, James Smith, Medal of Honor Recipient, Civil War, Portrait Photo, c. 1915

Entry/Object ID

P1979.43.8

Description

Cunningham, James Smith, Medal of Honor Recipient, Civil War, Portrait Photo, c. 1915, sepia. Portrait photo, head/shoulders of Cunningham at age 75. Man with dark hair, graying beard & mustache, wearing a 3-piece suit with dark knotted tie. He wears the Congressional Medal of Honor on his left lapel. Cunningham, from Gower, MO, was a Union soldier who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863. This Medal is in the collection of SJM. Original digital scan located on History CD 07

Made/Created

Studio

Gist-Shultz Studio

Date made

1915

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Civil wars

Search Terms

Civil War in St. Joseph, Union Army, Medal of Honor, Medal of Honor Recipients, St. Joseph

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

7 in

Dimension Notes

in larger portfolio

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 31, 2020

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

James Smith Cunningham

Related Entries

Notes

79.43.1-2, AM1979.043.00003, AM1979.043.00004, AM1979.043.00014, AM1979.043.00015, AM1979.043.00017, AM1979.043.00019, AM1979.043.00020, AM1979.043.00021, AM1979.043.0005A, AM1979.043.0005B, AM1979.043.016AC, AM1979.043.018AD

Provenance

Notes

Donated by the great-grandson of Cunningham.