G.A.R. Image 8, Alonzo E. Foss, Hopkinton Post 14

G.A.R. Image 8, Alonzo E. Foss, Hopkinton Post 14

Item Information

Title:
G.A.R. Image 8, Alonzo E. Foss, Hopkinton Post 14
Description:
Image of Civil war veteran and Hopkinton Grand Army of the Republic member Alonzo E. Foss. Type written label indicates he was a member of Co. A. 5th Maine Infantry. He wears a dress coat and is adorned with moustache, hat and G.A.R. medals. Hopkinton formed a charter named for Charles C. Phillips in 1882 and met regularly on Church Steet till the group disbanded around 1829. His was one of 35 photographs framed together and displayed in the Hopkinton Public Library until 2011. Note G.A.R. membership badge with wreath is on his hat, lapel medal has eagle, American flag ribbon and G.A.R. 5 pointed star.
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:
Foss, Alonzo E.
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/rj430n90s
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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