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Contributor Sinclair, Thomas S., ca. 1805-1881, printer.
Gay, James D., publisher.
Title United States Army Hospital, Philadelphia. [graphic] : This is one of the largest army hospitals in the world it is capable of accommodating 3000 men, it has two dining rooms, each 775 feet long, the whole establishment covers twelve acres of ground, and is enclosed by a fence, 14 feet high, the surgeon in charge is Doctor Isaac J. Hays, the distinguished Arctic explorer, who was a former companion of the lamented Doctor Kane. / T. Sinclair's lith. Phila.
Publisher Philadelphia: Published by James D. Gay and for sale by him at his residence, No. 300 North 20th St. Philadelphia, will be sent by mail to any part of the United States, on receipt of 50 cents
Date c1863
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone; 30 x 47 cm.(11.75 x 18.25 in.)
Description Bird’s eye view showing the Satterlee U. S. General Hospital, opened June 9th, 1862 at Forty-fourth Street and Baltimore Avenue in the farmland of West Philadelphia. A horse-drawn wagon, a man pushing a handcart of linens, and a line of pedestrians approach the entrance of the hospital complex that is guarded by a soldier. Within the complex, visitors stroll and a troop of soldiers drill in the central courtyards bordered by over twenty wards. Also shows a neighboring building, soldiers reclining near the fence of the complex, and a soldier on horseback. The hospital was closed in August 1865 and the buildings demolished.
Is referenced by Wainwright 414
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 774
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 15 U 58 (oversize)
Inscribed on verso: Gift of Arthur Sussel, Aug. 23, 1957.
Subject Satterlee U.S.A. General Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Military hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1860-1870.
Publisher Gay, James D., publisher.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bb 15 U 58 (oversize)