Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: reenactors

Orville Mellis, Lincoln Impersonator, Decatur, Ill…

25 Sep 2013 2 1326
Handwritten on back of photo: "Orville Mellis, Decatur, Illinois, 1938, Lincoln impersonator." Reminiscent of Alexander Gardner's photo showing Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Maj. Gen John A. McClernand posed in front of a tent on the Antietam, Maryland, battlefield, Oct. 3, 1862.