The Brown Veil Club (also known as the Monument Street Girls)

Subject: 
American Civil War, 1861-1865; Portrait group--Women; Women's history; Photographs
The Brown Veil Club (also known as the Monument Street Girls)
Item ID: 
[GPVF]
Creator: 
Unknown
Description: 
The Brown Veil Club (also known as the Monument Street Girls), ca.1860-1865. The Brown Veil Club sewed uniforms during the Civil War for local men who fled the city to join the Confederate Army. Standing left to right; Henrietta Penniman Carrington, Rebecca Lloyd Nicholson; Seated; Sophia Sargeant, Alice Wright, Rebecca Gordon, and Ida Winn.
Date of Original: 
ca. 1860
Collection: 
Group Portrait Vertical File; Special Collections Department
Type/Size: 
Image
Restrictions: 
For more information, please contact the Special Collections Department: specialcollections@mdhs.org
Rights: 
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org