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Camp Thompson. Encampment of the Springfield Light Guard, [....] – Vintage Print

Camp Thompson. Encampment of the Springfield Light Guard, [....], [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print
Camp Thompson. Encampment of the Springfield Light Guard, [....], [no date recorded on shelflist card]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Camp Thompson. Encampment of the Springfield Light Guard, [....], a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Camp Thompson. Encampment of the Springfield Light Guard, [....]

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The print shows Camp Thompson, an encampment of the Springfield Light Guard, a volunteer militia company. Camps like this gave citizen soldiers a chance to drill, stand guard, and display their uniforms and discipline to the public, and printed views of them were a popular way to record such occasions. The record gives no date, and the name Kellogg, E.B. & E.C. appears on the shelflist card as an unverified associated name, so the maker and publisher remain uncertain. Even so, the image offers a useful glimpse of militia life in its period.

Created / published[no date recorded on shelflist card]
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kellogg, E.B & E.C.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,288 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-142870

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