Joseph Gurney Cannon Photo Album (Digitized Content)

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Arbor Day

Band Concert - view from North porch of Headquarters Building

Bandstand, Theatre Chapel

Band Stand, Theatre Chapel

Barn

Barrack Building - interior

Barracks Building

Barracks Buildings

Barracks Buildings - Company A

Barracks Buildings - Company A and Company D

Barracks Buildings - Company A Flag Staff

Barracks Buildings - Company D

Barracks Buildings - Company D, Company E, and Company F

Barracks Buildings - Company D, Company E, and Company F Power House

Barracks Buildings - Company H and Company C

Barracks Buildings - Company I and Company H

Barracks Buildings - Company L and Company O

Barracks Buildings - Company M

Boating party at Lake on Soliders Home Grounds

Building the Lake Dam

Cannon and Artillery Wagon

Cannon's Photo-Album of Danville Soldier's Home, 1898-1908

Carnegie Library

Chapel

Chapel Fountain

Chief of Staff and Chaplain's Residence

Christmas in Mess Dining Hall

Col. Isaac Clements and group at Governor's Residence

Company B Barracks - Moving from Hospital to Barrack

Engine - Basement Laundry

Farm House

Farmstead adjacent to Soldiers Home

First Decoration Day exercises

First members in Soldiers Home

First Office Building

Arbor Day
Image | 1899View of tree planting event.
Band Concert - view from North porch of Headquarters Building
Image | 1908
Band Concert - view from North porch of Headquarters Building
Image | 1908Horses with buggies and people on walks attending a bandstand concert.
Bandstand, Theatre Chapel
Image | 1907
Band Stand, Theatre Chapel
Image | 1901
Barn
Image | 1901
Barrack Building - interior
Image | 1900
Barracks Building
Image | 1898May have wrong year date written?
Barracks Building
Image | 1899
Barracks Buildings
Image
Barracks Buildings - Company A
Image | 1899
Barracks Buildings - Company A and Company D
Image | 1899
Barracks Buildings - Company A and Company D
Image | 1899Streetcar is labeled "Soldiers Home and Vermilion Street".
Barracks Buildings - Company A Flag Staff
Image | 1907View of barracks with horse and wagon on driveway.
Barracks Buildings - Company D
Image | 1900
Barracks Buildings - Company D
Image | 1907View of barracks with landscape plantings around building.
Barracks Buildings - Company D, Company E, and Company F
Image | 1899
Barracks Buildings - Company D, Company E, and Company F Power House
Image | 1898
Barracks Buildings - Company H and Company C
Image | 1899
Barracks Buildings - Company I and Company H
Image | 1899
Barracks Buildings - Company L and Company O
Image | 1900Photo taken from high location, possibly the Mess Hall clock tower, looking north at these barracks.
Barracks Buildings - Company M
Image | 1901
Boating party at Lake on Soliders Home Grounds
Image | 1900
Building the Lake Dam
Image | 1899
Cannon and Artillery Wagon
Image | 1899
Cannon's Photo-Album of Danville Soldier's Home, 1898-1908
Multi-Page Item | 54 pages | 1898-1908This album contains photographs taken at the Veterans Administration Hospital (formerly a branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers) in Danville, Ill. between 1898 and 1908. The album belonged to Joseph Gurney Cannon, who represented Illinois in the House of Representatives for 46 years and served as Speaker of the House from 1903-1911.
Carnegie Library
Image | 1907View of the library with back of kitchen building on left of library and street light on right.
Chapel
Image | 1907Chapel building view from northwest.
Chapel
Image | 1901
Chapel Fountain
Image
Chief of Staff and Chaplain's Residence
Image | 1907
Christmas in Mess Dining Hall
Image | 1899Places set at table with food for the Christmas meal.
Col. Isaac Clements and group at Governor's Residence
Image | 1900Standing men at right are the doctors and standing man left is unknown.
Company B Barracks - Moving from Hospital to Barrack
Image | 1899View with horses and wagon, beds and bedding, trunks, and group of men waiting to move into new barrack.
Engine - Basement Laundry
Image | 1899Straight-Line engine pictured, manufactured in Syracuse NY.
Farm House
Image | 1898Caption partially readable: "farm house used as ivs [?] by acting --- & ---".
Farmstead adjacent to Soldiers Home
Image | 1899
First Decoration Day exercises
Image | 1899Rail fence visible in foreground.
First members in Soldiers Home
Image | 1899
First Office Building
Image | 1898Farm out-buildings can be seen in the background.

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