(PRESIDENTS 1872 CAMPAIGN) Mammoth photograph of the Major

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(PRESIDENTS--1872 CAMPAIGN.) Mammoth photograph of the "Major and Staff of the Waltham Grant Guards 1872." Albumen photograph, 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, on original card mount, tipped to original 16 x 12 1/4-inch decorative mat with original captions; minor foxing and wear. Waltham, MA, 1872

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The Waltham battalion of the Grant Guards was organized and named in September 1872 (see Boston Evening Transcript, 18 September 1872). Their uniforms and swords helped present a sharp appearance at parades and other Republican campaign events. Pictured here, left to right, are Captain Thomas Kirke, Captain and Inspector G. Frank Frost, Major Henry H. Hall, Adjutant George A. Stickney, and Quartermaster L.N. Weeks. At a parade in nearby Malden, this battalion was distinguished for "its discipline and the soldierly bearing of its members . . . the men manoeuvring with all the steadiness of veterans" (Boston Globe, 12 October 1872).