Details
Creator Moran, John, 1831-1903.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title The picture gallery, Sanitary Fair, Phila. [graphic] / John Moran Photo.
Publisher [Philadelphia: John Moran]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1864
Date [1864]
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 16 cm.(3.25 x 6.25 in.)
Description Shows a man seated on one of several viewing benches in the gallery of art. Includes stacked rows of framed artwork covering the walls and several bust sculptures. The Great Central or Sanitary Fair of June 1864, displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the soldier relief organization, the U.S. Sanitary Commission.
Notes Title and name of photographer from accompanying label.
Trimmed yellow paper mount with square corners.
Manuscript note on mount: Picture Gallery Sanitary Fair John Moran Photograph.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of the Civil War Sanitary Commission.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission (1864 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Galleries (Display spaces) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects.
Genre Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Moran - Fairs [5781.F.170h]
Accession number 5781.F.170h