Creation Date
1940
Decade
1940
Subject
Alabama -- History, Virginia -- History, Historical markers
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Description
Photo circa October 1940s (as stamped and handwritten on back of the photo). A man in suspenders and a white shirt, holds a child, apparently a little girl, while standing beside a roadside historical marker. The Culpeper County Virginia highway marker commemorates where Major John Pelham was mortally wounded during the Battle of Kelly's Ford. The marker reads, "“NO. 10-F WHERE PELHAM FELL - FOUR MILES SOUTHEAST, AT KELLY’S FORD, MAJOR JOHN PELHAM, COMMANDING STUART’S HORSE ARTILLERY, WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED, MARCH 17, 1863. CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (1927) F-10” [donated by Laura W. Henry]
Date Digitized
April 2022
Is Part Of
Rights
Access to the original image for digitization was generously provided by Jacksonville Public Library, which holds the physical materials for the John Pelham Historical Association. JSU has been granted the non-exclusive right to use these images for any non-commercial, institutional, research, or teaching purpose. All other uses require permission from the rightsholder (John Pelham Historical Association).
Location
The original item is housed with the Jacksonville Public Library.
Identifier
http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Imaging/photocollection/jpl/master/jpl_pelham_051.tif
Technical Metadata
Archival images are tiffs scanned from the original material at 800 dpi. The file name is jpl_pelham_051; file size is 26.3 MB. Original image is 3.5 by 4.5 and held in a 4.5 by 5.5 envelope
Keywords
Alabama -- History, Virginia -- History, Historical markers