Mrs. Grant; Mrs. Francis M. Gibson; Mrs. Grant III; Gen. Grant, 1911. Shows General Frederick Dent Grant, commanding officer on Governors Island, with his wife (Ida Marie Honorie Grant), Mrs. Grant III (Edith Root), and Mrs. Francis Marion Gibson. Event is probably the annual lawn party sponsored by the Army Relief Society, which raised money for widows and orphans of officers and enlisted men of the regular army. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on


Mrs. Grant; Mrs. Francis M. Gibson; Mrs. Grant III; Gen. Grant, 1911. Shows General Frederick Dent Grant, commanding officer on Governors Island, with his wife (Ida Marie Honorie Grant), Mrs. Grant III (Edith Root), and Mrs. Francis Marion Gibson. Event is probably the annual lawn party sponsored by the Army Relief Society, which raised money for widows and orphans of officers and enlisted men of the regular army. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Date from similar Bain negative: LC-B2-2202-12. General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at


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