Details
Creator Magnus, Charles, lithographer.
Contributor Gay, James D., publisher.
Title Satterlee U.S.A. General Hospital, West Philadelphia. [graphic] : Lith. & printed by Charles Magnus 12 Frankfurt St. New York.
Publisher Philadelphia: Published by James D. Gay, and will be sent by mail to any part of the United States on receipt of 75 cents. Address. no. 300 North 20th Street
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1864
Date c1864
Physical Description 2 prints: chromolithograph, hand-colored; 45 x 58 cm.(18 x 23 in.)
Description Bird's eye view showing the hospital opened June 9th, 1862 at Forty-fourth Street and Baltimore Avenue. The hospital complex is surrounded by tents to accommodate the high number of patients as a result of the battles of Wilderness and Spotsylvania. Soldiers and visitors mill the grounds and horse-drawn ominbuses enter the compound. Outside the hospital, a horse-drawn wagon travels and soldiers drill in formation. Also contains several lines of descriptive text and the names of the principal officers printed below the image. Text describes the size and dimensions of the hospital, visiting hours, and patient services including Sisters of Charity on call, a sutler store, barber shop, printing office, and a band.
Notes Philadelphia on Stone
POS 676
One of the images gift of William Helfand.
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 Chromolithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1860-1870.
Printer Gay, James D., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Hospitals [P.8690; P.9650.1]
Accession number P-8690
P.8690
P.9650.1