Details
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