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11 photos tagged messhalls, from 4 members of Flickr Commons.

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• libraryofcongress
• xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
• messtents
• gettysburg
• civilwar
• battlefield
• 1913
• greatreunion
• july1913
• tableware
• messlines
• veterans
• grandencampment
• goldenanniversary
• battleofgettysburg
• 50thanniversaryreunion
• gettysburgpennsylvania
• queue
• 1910s
• worldwari
• ww1
• greatwar
• flickrhome
• osuarchives

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• The Library of Congress 7 photos
• OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons 2 photos
• The Library of Virginia 1 photo
• National Library of Scotland 1 photo

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Dinner Hour - Gettysburg (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• skillful north said:

  The man on the light pole seems to be repairing or hooking up something. If you download the tiff version you still can't quite make it out. The men in line appear to be the civil war vets and they are carrying their own plates. Bet that brought back memories.

• David Foster said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Veterans of the American Civil War, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Gettysburg - Vets. at mess (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• David Foster said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Veterans of the American Civil War, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Troops at Galveston (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• jdshephe46 said:

  Lined up for chow. Some things don't change much!

• Lucy B said:

  Probably 1912 given the Bain number system in reverse on right hand side.

• Jesús Roberto Duarte said:

  Made a copy, enlarged the poststamp on the right upper corner, darkened and constrasted it and found 2/24/11 in mirror view (Fegruary 24, 1911?) Dr. Roberto Duarte Plastic Surgeon

• Kristi (LOC P&P) said:

  Dr. Duarte: Thanks for the detective work on the date of this photograph. Those stickers are the hardest ones to read! We will add the date to the record.

• Jesús Roberto Duarte said:

  The Washington Times on March 7th, 1911 (Chronicling America) chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1911-03-07/ed-... infomed that American army was rushed to Mexican Border On February 24, 1911, were the soldiers in Galveston, waiting orders to rush to the Mexican Border?