Veterans banquet

Title

Veterans banquet

Description

A table set for a banquet in honor of veterans returning to Oregon from the American war in the Philippines, probably between 1899-1902. It was taken at Courthouse Square in downtown Hillsboro, Oregon, near the intersection of Main Street and 2nd Avenue. Central in the picture is a large table set for dinner and with a good deal of food, and with people seated all along each side. Decoratively cut watermelons and vases of flowers stand on the table. A crowd of people, men, women, and children including babies, are gathered in the background of the photograph and to the sides of the table. The seating pattern at the table alternates men and women, no children, and most of the seated men wear uniforms with various cavalry and kepi styled hats. The women's hats vary widely, from straw sailor hats to small bonnets to wide-brimmed hats with large numbers of flowers on them. The trees in the background are lush and full.

[Back] [pen] Veterans of Spanish American War. A banquet on return from Philipianes [sic] at Washington County Court yard. About 1899. Hillsboro, Oregon.

Identifier

WCMpic_001511

Subject

Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Campaigns -- Philippines

Veterans' families

Veterans

Memorialization

Picnics

Democracy

Cultural Studies

Military History & Science

Spatial Coverage

Hillsboro, Oregon

Language

English

Date Created

1899-1902

Date

1899/1902

Medium

card photographs

Rights

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Type

Still Image

Source

Washington County Museum