| Creator |
Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer. |
| Contributor |
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. |
| Title |
Mower General Hospital, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. [graphic] / Photo by J. Moran. |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1863 |
| Date |
ca. 1863 |
| Physical Description |
25 photographic prints: 18 albumen mounted on cardboard; 4 albumen on stereograph mounts; 3 albumen; overall 23 x 30 cm. (9
x 12 in.) or smaller.
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| Description |
Series of views showing interiors and exteriors of the Civil War Army hospital. Photographs show the entrance to the hospital;
the administration building; parade grounds; quarters of the surgeon in charge; guard house and lecture room; the water tank
at Ardleigh Street; views looking south from the observatory tower located on the administration building; the cooking department;
a hospital ward; the general office; and a corridor. Views include an observation deck; a fire brigade during a drill; cooking
staff; office clerks; patients; and soldiers traversing the grounds.
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| Notes |
Eighteen of the images contain photographer's imprint on mount. |
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Eighteen of the images contain manuscript note on verso: Chestnut Hill Hospital. |
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Stereographs on yellow mounts with square corners. |
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Five of the images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places, and Events and a Hart, Phillips,
McAllister Civil War scrapbook.
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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).
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See transcription of Coleman Sellers Letterbook, entry August 15, 1863, John Moran research file. |
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Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Biographical / historical note |
Mower General Hospital, built in 1862 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John McArthur, Jr. between Stenton, Germantown,
Springfield and Abington avenues opposite the Chestnut Hill track of the Reading Railroad (7900-8000 blocks Stenton Avenue)
received injured soldiers transported directly from the battlefield between January 1863 - May 1865. The hospital, designed
as a pavilion to control the spread of infection, consisted of several hospital wards radiating from a central enclosed complex
of administrative and utility buildings. Complex included the administration building, a chapel, post office, band-stand,
food preparation shops and storage houses, a barber shop, dining room, and guard house. Hospital utilized fresh water from
the Chestnut Hill water works, gas lighting, and indoor plumbing. Building was razed following the war.
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| Subject |
Mower Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Military hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Hospitals -- Staff -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Hospital patients -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Fire drills -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Stenton Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 7900 block. |
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Stenton Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 8000 block. |
|
Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
| Associated name |
McArthur, John, 1823-1890, architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Moran - Hospitals - M [(12)1540.F.9b; 5779.F.6e, 6k & 6i; P.8947.1-.18] |
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Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Moran - Hospitals [5779.F.14d; P.8464.24; P.8464.29; P.8992.24] |
| Accession number |
(12)1540.F.9b |
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5779.F.14d |
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P.8947.1 |
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P.8947.2 |
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P.8947.3 |
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P.8947.4 |
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P.8947.5 |
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P.8947.6 |
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P.8947.7 |
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P.8947.8 |
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P.8947.9 |
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P.8947.10 |
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P.8947.11 |
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P.8947.12 |
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P.8947.13 |
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P.8947.14 |
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P.8947.15 |
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P.8947.16 |
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P.8947.17 |
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P.8947.18 |
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P.8464.24 |
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P.8464.29 |
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P.8992.24 |
