Civil war shelter tent half owned by George Thompson Garrison
date: label: Date
content: circa 1863
name: label: Manufactured by
content: H. S. McComb, American
label: Owned by
content: George Thompson Garrison, American, 1836 - 1904
label: Subject of
content: 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, American, 1863 - 1865
notes: label: Description
content: One half of a U.S. Military issued tent owned by G.T. Garrison. The tent is a flat, nearly square piece of cotton cloth. Along the two sides and the upper edge there are button holes, above each of these notches are white circular bone buttons sewn to the cotton, several of which are missing. One edge has neither buttons nor notches. The side on which the buttons are stitched has [Co. I / 55th] stamped in black pigment in the lower-right quadrant. At the top in small, faded letters [H.S. McCOMB / WILMINGTON] is stamped in red pigment. The opposite side of the tent is undecorated.
place: label: Place made
content: Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Movement
content: Abolitionist movement
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Garrison Family in memory of George Thompson Garrison
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.115.2
objectType: label: Type
content: tents
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton (textile), bone, thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 59 × 66 in. (149.9 × 167.6 cm)