Caswell Samson, Ford Post portrait, cabinet card

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Title

Caswell Samson, Ford Post portrait, cabinet card

Description

A black and white cabinet card portrait taken around 1890 of Civil War veteran Caswell Samson, done by photographer James Wickenden, once displayed by the Ford Post Number 14 of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) The Ford Post was established in Toledo in 1867 as an organization for Union veterans of the American Civil War. Bridge Street no longer exists in Toledo, Ohio.

Citation

“Caswell Samson, Ford Post portrait, cabinet card,” Toledo Lucas County Public Library, accessed May 5, 2024, https://tlcplblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/16.