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Collection Summary
Collection: 00205 - Mildred K. Jahde Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00014
Title: John F. Briggs at age 87, Wahpeton (N.D.)
Date: 1883
Creator: Jahde, Mildred K
Inscription/Marks: [back] John F. Briggs Age 87 Year 1883 Wahpeton N. Dak. Company 1C-1st Wisconsin Cavalry-1862. [history-U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865] Enlisted in Company K, Wisconsin 1st Cavalry Regiment on 14 Aug 1862.Mustered out on 19 Jul 1865 at Edgefield, TN. Rank at enlistment: Corporal.
Summary: Full length portrait of John Frank Briggs dressed as Uncle Sam in a white tailed tuxedo jacket with stars on the lapels, dark vest, white tuxedo shirt and dark bow tie and striped pants with straps looped under riding boots. He is holding a fringed United States flag on a pole in his hands. He stands on a Persian rug in front of a painted backdrop with floral designs, column and table with flowers. Information about his character protrayal is found in the newspaper: Bismarck Daily Tribune, Wednesday, August 22, 1906, p02. N. D. in the Parade. The North. Dakota division in the G. A. R. parade in Minneapolis was commanded by B. F. Bigelow, aide. Captain C. R. Smith. Total number of veterans in line 400. North Dakota was preceded by the State Military band of Lisbon, N. D. At the head of the delegation was Commander B. F. Bigelow. Following the commander were Comrades John F. Briggs, dressed as Uncle Sam, and Miss Marion Mercer , adopted grand-daughter of the Willis A. Gorman post of Grand Forks. Comrade Briggs is 87 years old, and Miss Mercer 11. Briggs enlisted in the First Wisconsin cavalry. Each veteran in the march had cockade boutonniere and a cane of wheat on the stem. __Company K Wisconsin 1st Cavalry Regiment in 1862
Red ID: PH_I_149028 Image ID: 98926 Image Notes: 00205-00014

Collection: 00205 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Mildred K. Jahde Photograph Collection
Date: 1880-1950

Summary: Images taken by the mother of Mildred Jahde in Mountrail County N.D., including postcards, coal mines, and a rodeo at Elbowoods ca. 1905-1910.

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