Creator |
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 lithographer. |
Contributor |
Printer Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881, printer. |
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Provenance: Fales, Samuel Bradford, 1808-1880, former owner. |
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Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
Title |
Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, of Philadelphia. [graphic] : Being the first institution of the kind in the United States.
Organized, May 27th. 1861 / J. Queen, del. & lith.
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Publisher |
Philadelphia: T. Sinclair's Lith., 311 Chestnut St., |
Date |
[1863] |
Extent |
1 print: chromolithograph, hand-colored; 66 x 81 cm. (26 x 31.5 in.) |
Description |
Lively scene containing a view of the two hospitals, refreshment stand, and other buildings of the Refreshment Saloon located
near the Navy Yard at Swanson and Washington Avenues. Depicts a large crowd gathered to watch the arrival and departure of
Union troops in November of 1863. Arriving soldiers march past the cannon, known as "Fort Brown," fired to forewarn saloon
volunteers of the forthcoming arrival of troops. Departing soldiers board a Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore railroad
car for the South. American flags dot the landscape. Crowd includes a band and an African American man. Contains the names
of committee members and volunteers 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 Saloon was a volunteer relief agency providing
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 on December 1, 1865.
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Notes |
Union Volunteer Refreshment Committee's blindstamp on recto. |
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Detailed inscription by Fales about the history of the saloon on recto. Transcription available at repository. |
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Manuscript note on recto: "John A. McAllister Esq. with the kind regards of Saml B. Fales, Phila. Nov. 24th, 1866." Fales
served on the Union Volunteer Refreshment Committee as correspondence secretary and financial agent, and became the committee's
main fundraiser.
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Genre |
Chromolithographs Hand-colored 1860-1870. |
Subject |
Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Hospitals--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. |
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Marching bands. |
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African American men--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. |
Spatial coverage |
United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Military personnel-Union. |
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United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Hospitals. |
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United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-War work. |
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Washington Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.)--corner of Swanson Avenue. |
Is part of |
Civil War Volunteer Refreshment Saloons |
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Wainwright Philadelphia Lithographs |
Is referenced by |
Wainwright 412. |
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Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 196. |
Has format |
TMP.objres.4620.jpg |
Related resource |
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W412.htm |
Call number |
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **W412 [5778.F] |
Accession number |
5778.F |