| Creator |
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897. |
| Title |
Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia: Published by R. Newell, 724 Arch Street |
| Date |
[ca. 1863] |
| Physical Description |
6 photographic prints: albumen on stereograph mounts; 9 x 16 cm. (3.25 x 6.25 in.) |
| Description |
Series of titled views of the exterior and interior of the facilities of the Civil War volunteer relief agency near the Navy
Yard at Swanson and Washington Avenues in Philadelphia. Predominately shows the patriotically adorned refreshment saloon with
male and female members of the working committee, staff, and a patient in a robe posed among rows of tables set for a dining
service. Also includes a view of patients posed near beds and a model ship in a ward at the hospital and a large crowd of
men and boys standing in front of the hospital and saloon. Exterior also shows a parital view of the cannon, known as "Fort
Brown." Situated at the transportation hub between the North and the South on land leased en gratis from the Philadelphia,
Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, the agency in operation between 1861-1865 provided meals, hospital care, washing, sleeping,
and writing facilities to military personnel, refugees, and freedmen.
|
| Is part of |
American views. |
| Notes |
Yellow mounts with square corners. |
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Accompanied by publisher's labels inscibed with titles. |
|
Created postfreeze. |
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to the Cooper and Union Shop Volunteer Saloons and Hospitals. |
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Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
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Added to African Americana Digital Collection through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered
by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
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| Subject |
Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings. |
|
Hospital wards -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Dining rooms -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Volunteers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- War work. |
|
Washington Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- corner of Swanson Avenue. |
| 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 - Newell - Associations [5778.F.26b & c; 27a, ax, bx & c] |
| Accession number |
5778.F.26b |
|
5778.F.26c |
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5778.F.27a |
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5778.F.27ax |
|
5778.F.27bx |
|
5778.F.27c |
