Kay, Reuben & M. Jeff Thompson, as Prisoners of War Illustration Photo, 1863

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Reuben Kay & M. Jeff Thompson as POWs Illustration, c. 1863

Name/Title

Kay, Reuben & M. Jeff Thompson, as Prisoners of War Illustration Photo, 1863

Entry/Object ID

P1993.1H.125

Description

Kay, Reuben & M. Jeff Thompson, as Prisoners of War Illustration Photo, 1863. b/w. Illustration Captioned" Camp Mess at John's Island Prison. Illustration of 11 men seated on wooden crates about small tables in Confederate uniforms. "X" marks the man depicted to be Reuben Kay, "O" marks the man on right depicted to be Jeff Thompson. Collated with this photo is a copy of the newspaper announcement for golden wedding anniversary of Mr & Mrs. James Kay, Reuben's parents. See Museum Graphic, Spring, 1967 for article about Kay family.

Made/Created

Artist

unknown

Place

Location

UNKNOWN

Notes

Date: 186.

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

Kay Family, Civil War Prisoners of War, Civil War in St. Joseph, Confederate Army in Missouri

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jul 14, 1992

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Reuben Kay

Person or Organization

Eliza Kay

Person or Organization

James Kay

Person or Organization

M. Jeff Thompson

Provenance

Notes

Copy of illustration in SJM collection made by Don Reynolds, SJM staff photographer, 1966