TSA Corps Women and Officers with Knitting and Quilt

Name/Title

TSA Corps Women and Officers with Knitting and Quilt

Entry/Object ID

2016.11.28

Description

Black and white photograph of The Salvation Army (TSA) corps women and officers with knitting and quilt. Officers are in TSA uniforms and remaining women are in dresses or skirts/blouses, some with wearing hats and aprons aprons. Women in front row hold knitting materials and cloth and women in back row are holding up a quilt. About 15 women total, standing outside in front of a building (a corps?) that has large windows along its front. White curtains hang in the bottom half of the windows. There is a sign in the furthest left window that is partially legible (brownish/greyish sign with white lettering): "The Salvat___/ Family & ____/ -BUREAU___/ UP STAIRS. Printed in blue ink on back of photograph is teh number "2 7" and a logo. Logo is hard to read. Maybe: "Fhegg" or "Ghegg" or "Gregg". "Ma" Burdick is likely the woman standing in the first row, second from the left.

Acquisition

Accession

2016.11

Source or Donor

Feack, Pamela

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Pamela Feack in memory of Floyd O. "Pa" and Samantha Minerva "Minnie, Ma" Saunders Burdick, Cecil May Burdick Goodwin, Grace Belle Burdick Yates, and Fern Ann Goodwin Feack

Made/Created

Date made

1920 - 1940

Notes

Date: early 1900s Medium: Photographic Emulsion

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Paper: 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" Print/Image:3 1/8" x 4 1/8"

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Burdick, Samantha Minerva "Minnie"/"Ma" (Saunders)

Provenance

Notes

Photograph donated to the Museum from the Burdick family.