Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Related to articles: "G. A. R. Veterans to Yield Charter: Last Two Survivors of Post Offer Relic to Sawtelle Home," Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan 1939: A3 and "G. A. R. Post Disbanded: Two Survivors of Membership of 2000 Surrender Charter," Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan 1939: A1. Lewis S. Carter, Civil War Union veteran, is stepping out of his lodging house in Santa Monica, California. He is wearing a three piece suit and hat. Behind him is an unidentified person in a wheelchair. Carter lived to be 102. In 1939, Lewis S. Carter and John T. Eaton were the last remaining Civil War veterans of the John A. Martin Post no. 153 of the Grand Army of the Republic, a Civil War Union Veterans organization. They surrendered their charter on Jan. 30, 1939. Handwritten on negative sleeve: 15448. Lewis S. Carter 1-24-39 (1 of 2 remaining in John A. Martin Post 153 Grand Army of the Republic, disbanding) Handwritten on negative: Lewis S. Carter 1-24-39
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14809 ark:/21198/zz002j8g65
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Lodging houses--California--Santa Monica United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Wheelchairs Grand Army of the Republic Carter, Lewis S. (Lewis Samuel), 1841-1944
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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