| Creator |
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, lithographer. |
| Contributor |
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
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Printer: P.S. Duval & Son, printer. |
| Title |
Citizens Volunteer Hospital. Corner of Broad St. and Washington Avenue. [graphic] / Drawn & lith. by James Queen, Philada. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Printed in colors by P. S. Duval & Son, |
| Date |
[1862] |
| Extent |
1 print: chromolithograph; 49 x 37 cm. (19.5 x 14.5 in.) |
| Description |
Fundraising certificate containing views of the exterior and interior of the volunteer hospital opened September 5, 1862 opposite
the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad depot. Exterior view shows civilians and a troop of Union soldiers standing
in front of the hospital as a train arrives. Interior view shows rows of beds lining a central hallway. Women volunteers attend
to bed-ridden soldiers and set a long table for a meal. Framed by decorative motifs including the seal of Philadelphia; angels
hovering above an able-bodied and an injured soldier in front of columns inscribed "The Glory of the Volunteer"; American
flags; and floral elements. The hospital provided care to the most seriously injured before their reassignment to other hospitals.
Closed on August 11, 1865.
|
| Notes |
Wainwright retrospective conversion project. |
|
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 15 C 581 |
|
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of material concerning Civil War volunteer saloons and hospitals. |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs 1860-1870. |
|
Certificates 1860-1870. |
| Subject |
Citizens Volunteer Hospital Association (Philadelphia, Pa.)-Buildings. |
|
Hospitals--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. |
| Spatial coverage |
United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Hospitals--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. |
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United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Military personnel--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. |
|
United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Women. |
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Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)--South--1000 block. |
|
Washington Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.)--1400 block. |
| Is part of |
Civil War Hospitals |
|
Wainwright Philadelphia Lithographs |
| Is referenced by |
Wainwright 68. |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.4393.jpg |
| Related resource |
http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W068.htm |
| Call number |
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W68 [5778.F] |
| Accession number |
5778.F |
