Details
Creator Adrian & Probasco, engraver.
Schell, Francis H., 1834-1909, delineator.
Contributor Provenance:: Fales, Samuel Bradford, 1808-1880.
Provenance:: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Printer:: Bradley & Co., publisher.
Title View of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, Philadelphia, where over 300,000 Union soldiers have been fed. [graphic] / Schell del; Adrian - Probasco sc.
Publisher Philadelphia: Bradley & Company, publishers, 66 North Fourth Street,
Date [ca. 1862]
Extent 4 prints: engraving; 25 x 31 cm.(9.5 x 12 in.)
Description Exterior view showing heavy street activity in front of the saloon and hospital of the volunteer relief agency located near the Navy Yard at Swanson and Washington Avenues. A Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad train arrives on the grounds, soldiers line up to enter the saloon, fire company wagons being used as ambulances pass in the streets; and a crowd of men and women stand near a policeman. Contains the names of committee officers and members below the image. Situated at the transportation hub between the North and the South on land leased en gratis from the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, the agency provided meals, hospital care, washing, sleeping, and writing facilities to military personnel, refugees, and freedmen. It served over 800,000 men, 1,025,000 meals before closing.
Notes Signature of Corresponding Secretary inscribed on recto: S.B. Fales.
Inscribed on recto of 5778.F.8c: Organized May 27th 1861 - finally closed Dec. 1st 1865 - torn down Jany 3, 1866 - 1,025,000 meals furnished to soldiers, sailors, freedmen & c. SBF
Inscribed on recto of P.2006.1: John Mcallister Jr. with regards of Samuel B. Fales. Organized May 27th 1861 - finally closed Dec. 1st 1865 - torn down Jany 3, 1866 - 1,025,000 meals furnished to soldiers, sailors, freedmen & c. SBF
Created postfreeze.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to the Cooper Shop and Union Volunteer Saloons and Hospitals.
Genre Engravings 1860-1870.
Subject Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Company.
Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Hospitals--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Police--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Ambulances--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Spatial coverage United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--War work.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
Washington Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.)---corner of Swanson Avenue.
Is part of Civil War Volunteer Refreshment Saloons
Has format TMP.objres.4177.jpg
Call number Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Ph Pr - 11x14 - Associations [5778.F.8c; 9a; 30b; P.2006.1.27]
Accession number 5778.F.8c
5778.F.9a
5778.F.30b
P.2006.1.27