G.A.R. Image 6, Michael F. Danahy, Hopkinton Post 14

G.A.R. Image 6, Michael F. Danahy, Hopkinton Post 14

Item Information

Title:
G.A.R. Image 6, Michael F. Danahy, Hopkinton Post 14
Description:
Image of Civil War veteran and Hopkinton G.A.R. C.C. Phillips post 14 member Michael F. Danahy. He wears dress coat, spectacles and bow tie. His hat has the G.A.R. badge on it a lapel has G.A.R. button. Type written label indicates he served as a landsman on a gunboat in Neipsic. The G.A.R. group formed in 1882 and disbanded around 1929, the group met regularly on Church Street. His photo was framed with 35 photographs of other veterans of the war and was on display in Hopkinton Public library till 2011. The post was named for Charles C. Phillips of Hopkinton. Note G.A.R. wreath membership badge on his hat and G.A.R. lapel pin.
Name on Item:
Willard Studios, Westborough MA
Date:
[ca. 1910]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Hopkinton Public Library
Collection (local):
Hopkinton Public Library Treasure Room Collection
Subjects:
Danahy, Michael F.
Grand Army of the Republic. C.C. Phillips Post 14. (Hopkinton, Mass.)
Civil War (Hopkinton, Mass.)
Hopkinton (Mass.)--History
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Hopkinton
Extent:
3.5 x 5 inch black and white professionally prepared photograph
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/rj430n866
Terms of Use:
Please request permission to use image by contacting Hopkinton Public Library in advance at hopkintonlibrary@hopkintonma.gov or 508-497-9777.
Contact host institution for more information.
Language:
English
Notes:
From the Hopkinton Public Library Treasure Room
Identifier:
C box 36, file #2
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