Charles G. Beetem, 1893

Formal portrait of Charles G. Beetem. 

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: "Photo of a nice, little boy.  1893 - 12 years old and ready for two weeks at the World's Fair in Chicago. - My mother had this photo made thinking I might get lost from my father and she would never see me again. - At this time the kidnapping of Charlie Rose was still fresh in the minds of mothers all over the country. Charlie was never seen again, nor was his body every discovered." 

Photographer
John N. Choate, Carlisle, PA
Origin
Gift of Donald and Edward Beetem
Location
PC 2002.7, folder 2
Decade
Collection

Group at Samuel H. Fisher's School, c.1895

View of Charles Gilbert Beetem's class at Samuel H. Fisher's School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Beetem is number 26.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: "Samuel H. Fisher's School in Education Hall, Church Ave., Carlisle. CGB is about 13 or 14 yrs of age."  

Origin
Gift of Donald and Edward Beetem
Location
PC 2002.7, folder 4
Decade
Places
Collection

Charles G. Beetem, 1902

Formal portrait of Charles G. Beetem as a member of the Class of 1904 on March 4, 1902.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: "CGB the artist.  Ast Editor The Dickinsonian Monthly (Don has the red book containing my drawings) = meaning a Jacob Reed's British trunk suit" 

Photographer
John N. Choate, Carlisle, PA
Origin
Gift of Donald and Edward Beetem
Location
PC 2002.7, folder 3
Decade
Roles
Collection

Group at Gettysburg Battlefield, c.1920

Photograph of group in front of two monuments at the Gettysburg Battlefield. 

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: "At Gettysburg Battlefield. CGB [Charles Gilbert Beetem, Class of 1904] is seated center front row. Squire Hemmings stands behind him. "Uncle" John Miller, Esq, in short sleeves stands behind man at right end of row seated. About year 1918 or 1920."

Photographer
W. M. Bigler, Dallastown, PA
Origin
Gift of Donald and Edward Beetem
Location
PC 2002.7, folder 7
Decade
Roles
Collection

Gettysburg Battlefield, c.1925

Photograph of group at a National Guard Encampment on the Gettysburg Battlefield. 

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: "2nd from left Clarence [Figgitt?]. CGB [Charles Gilbert Beetem, Class of 1904] stands next to a General - Photo taken during an Encampment of Pennsylvania National Guard troops on the Battlefield of Gettysburg, year about 1925. (I was then a rather hard-boiled guy)"

Origin
Gift of Donald and Edward Beetem
Location
PC 2007.2, folder 8
Decade
Roles
Collection