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Citizens Volunteer Hospital. Corner of Broad St. and Washington Avenue. [graphic] / Drawn & lith. by James Queen, Philada.
Persistent link:
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Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist.
Contributor
P.S. Duval & Son, printer.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
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
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date
[1862]
Physical Description
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.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 68
Notes
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 130
Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 15 C 581
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of material concerning Civil War volunteer saloons and hospitals.
Subject
Citizens Volunteer Hospital Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 1000 block.
Washington Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1400 block.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Certificates -- 1860-1870.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *W68 [5778.F Citizens Volunteer]
Accession number
5778.F Citizens Volunteer
In Collections
Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Philadelphia on Stone: Library Company of Philadelphia
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