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Nostalgia & History > Early image of the "General"Date: 01/27/15 16:31 Early image of the "General" Author: KMiddlebrook Based upon the scene, it appears the "General" was on tour. Any ideas?
 Date: 01/27/15 17:49 Re: Early image of the "General" Author: TonyJ Could also be the gentlemen seated in front particpated in capturing the "General".
Date: 01/27/15 18:00 Re: Early image of the "General" Author: 1200v I believe that this is at a GAR (Grand Army of the Republic), the Union Civil War veterans fraternal organization, encampment. Encampments were annual meetings held every year from 1868 to 1949.
Date: 01/27/15 18:09 Re: Early image of the "General" Author: hogheaded I've seen that inked-in face of the guy on the tender before. Really! The photo must have been in "Civil War Railroads", or some like publication. Kinda spookey.
In 1888, the General was taken to the G.A.R. convention in Columbus, Ohio, and given its patriotic decoration in the photo - and the fact that it had a diamond stack at that time, which it lost subsequent to its retirement in 1891 - I'll lay even money that this is the deal. Date: 01/27/15 18:37 Re: Early image of the "General" Author: lwilton Note that the banner text on the side of thee engine is also hand inked. It looks like the emulsion used wasn't real good at capturing certain important color differences, and the photographer had to supply them by hand afterward. I suspect that face was inked in because it would have looked rather strange to be completely blank.
Date: 01/27/15 19:12 Re: Early image of the "General" Author: miniempire Does anyone know the significance of the anchor on the front of the loco?
Date: 01/27/15 20:18 Re: Early image of the "General" Author: hogheaded miniempire Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone know the significance of the anchor on > the front of the loco? Victorian parlor syndrome, I would venture. -E.O. Date: 01/28/15 12:34 Re: Early image of the "General" Author: retcsxcfm The "General"that was in the War is now on display at the
Natural History Museum in Kennsaw,Ga. Uncle Joe,Seffner,Fl. Date: 01/29/15 12:15 Re: Early image of the "General" Author: moltensulphur UJ you've got the right location but the wrong museum. It is at the Southern Museum Of Civil War And Locomotive History, Kennesaw, Ga.
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