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The Watermelon Brigade on Green Island
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| Title: | The Watermelon Brigade on Green Island |
| Author: | Cooke, Reverend Henry |
| Description: | Reverend Henry Cooke and Cooke relatives frequently rowed to Green Island for picnics. The island is located just west of South Bass Island. Cooke took this image during a picnic in August 1890. He recorded that the "watermelon battle was a long and fierce one .... at its close the Watermelon Brigade disappeared from history, fearful was the carnage ...." |
| Permanent Link: | http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/1400 |
| Date: | 1890 |
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