Declaration for Widow's Pension of Anna Karel, 1920
Title
Declaration for Widow's Pension of Anna Karel, 1920
Subject
The Progressive Era
Description
Anna Karel declared that she had been widowed in order to collect her husband's pension in 1920 at the age of 77. In the middle to late nineteenth century, the U.S. Pension Bureau had grown large compared to its pre-Civil War size. It created bureaucratic procedures to provide reliable pension services to veterans. Forms such as these were part of this new bureaucracy.
Source
Patricia Stogdill; Wilber Czech History Harvest, 2016
Date
1920-12-22
Rights
Creative Commons 4.0 License
Format
document
Language
English
Type
image
Coverage
Ravenna (Neb.)
Original Format
declaration for widow's pension
Files
Collection
Citation
“Declaration for Widow's Pension of Anna Karel, 1920,” History Harvest, accessed November 22, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu./items/show/1269.