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Citizens Volunteer Hospital Association of Philadelphia. Instituted, September 5th 1862. [graphic] / From nature by Jas. Queen.
Location: Broad St. and Washington Ave., northeast corner., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:

Citizens Volunteer Hospital. Corner of Broad St. and Washington Avenue. [graphic] / Drawn & lith. by James Queen, Philada.
Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 15 C 581, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of material concerning Civil War volunteer saloons and hospitals., Fundraising certificate containing views of the exterior and interior of the volunteer hospital opened September 5, 1862 opposite the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad depot. Exterior view shows civilians and a troop of Union soldiers standing in front of the hospital as a train arrives. Interior view shows rows of beds lining a central hallway. Women volunteers attend to bed-ridden soldiers and set a long table for a meal. Framed by decorative motifs including the seal of Philadelphia; angels hovering above an able-bodied and an injured soldier in front of columns inscribed "The Glory of the Volunteer"; American flags; and floral elements. The hospital provided care to the most seriously injured before their reassignment to other hospitals. Closed on August 11, 1865.

Harewood Hospital, Washington D.C. [graphic] / Lith. & printed by Chas. Magnus 12, Frankfort St. N.Y.
Barrack-type buildings connected with covered walkway. Tents on stilts also in hospital area. Countryside shown in background., Location: Washington, D.C., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections.

Mower U. S. A. General Hospital, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia [graphic] / James Queen.
Location: Abington & Springfield Aves., Frontispiece to Rules and Special Orders of the Mower United States Army General Hospital at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865)., Copyrighted by W. Kipling., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Am 1865 Mower 15730.D., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc15 M936a.

Plan of U.S. Military Hospital at Edgewood Chestnut Hill Penna. [graphic] / John McArthur Jr. Archt, No. 209 So. Sixth St. Phia.
Plan of U.S. Military Hospital at Edgewood Chestnut Hill Penna. [graphic] / John McArthur Jr. Archt, No. 209 So. Sixth St. Phia.
Eleven of twelve drawings inscribed on verso: Book 57 B.598., 5791.F.5 inscribed October 3, 1863., Described in Rules and special orders of the Mower United States Army and General Hospital (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865). (Am 1865 Phi Mow,15730.D)., Series of architectural drawings including a site plan and section plans of the hospital facility. Site plan includes an inset of the "Plan of iron trucks for conveying food to wards made of iron wire gage" and depictions of the surrounding roads, Chestnut Hill Railroad, store depot, and depot for patients. Also contains annotations about the locations of drain pipes, sewage pipes, and gas, fire, and water mains. Section plans depict the first and second stories of the central building, operating rooms, first and second stories of the medical department; stewards apartment, kitchen, prison ward, ward for 60 beds, section of ventilators, and a corridor. Plans include sky lights, bathrooms, sleeping rooms, dining rooms, waiting rooms, barracks, wash rooms, scullery, cauldrons, stoves, sinks, pantries, knapsack room, offices, apothecary shop, and post mortem room. Plan of operating rooms also contains a key to symbols representing gas burners. Plan of first story of the medical department also contains a design for the shelving of the apothecary shop. Section plans include scale 4 ft to 1 inch.

Soldiers Rest, Alexandria, Va. [graphic].
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., Bird's eye view of the rest station and "lodge for invalid soldiers" operated by the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization. Shows an enclosed barracks flanked by tents and railroad tracks. Soldiers walk, relax, and drill on the grounds as others disembark and arrive via locomotive. Also shows the railroad roundhouse in the far left background near signage reading "Sanitary Commission Lodge for Invalid Soldiers" and "Soldiers Rest U.S. Sanitary Commission"; horse-drawn wagons travelling past and into the barracks; and the surrounding town.