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Citizens Volunteer Hospital, corner of Broad St. & Washington Avenue. [graphic] / Des. & lith. by J. Queen.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A67998
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Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist.
Contributor
P. S. Duval & Son, printer.
Title
Citizens Volunteer Hospital, corner of Broad St. & Washington Avenue. [graphic] / Des. & lith. by J. Queen.
Publisher
Philadelphia: P. S. Duval & Son, lith
Date
[ca. 1862]
Physical Description
2 prints: chromolithograph; 45 x 55 cm.(17.5 x 21.75 in.) or smaller.
Description
Print containing a montage of 11 exterior and interior views of the volunteer hospital opened September 5, 1862 opposite the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad depot. Central view shows a bustling street scene outside of the hospital. Horse-drawn carriages, possibly including an ambulance, arrive and depart; injured soldiers are carried by stretcher and assisted by fellow soldiers to the building; male and female pedestrians converse and traverse the streets; two boys attempt to help a man with his valise; and Zouaves patronize a female vendor's stand. Other views show the "Interior of Hospital" where women volunteers and doctors attend to bed-ridden soldiers; the "Kitchen" equipped with an ice box, cooking stove, and heating stove where two women prepare food on a counter; the "Dining Room" in which several soldiers eat at three long rows of tables near a heating stove; the "Laundry" room where women sort, fold, and wash cloths in a sink, near a large vat of boiling water; the "Ladies Kitchen" containing cupboards of dishware, a small cooking stove, and a rack of cooking utensils in which three women work; the "Wash Room" in which four men wash up at a trough of sinks; the "Drug Room" in which a pharmacist distills drugs for a soldier and women volunteer in front of a wall of medicinal bottles; a female volunteer at the counter of the "Store Room" attended by a man surrounded by several shelves packed with supplies; the "Bath Room" lined with tubs in which a soldier begins to undress; and female volunteers setting tables in the "Officers Dining Room."
Also includes two American flags draped over the borders of one of the views. The hospital provided care to the most seriously injured before their reassignment to other hospitals. Closed on August 11, 1865.
Is referenced by
Wainwright 69
Notes
Philadelphia on Stone
Library of Congress: PGA - Queen--Citizens ... (D size) [P&P]
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 15 C 581 b copy 1
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 15 C 581 b copy 2
HSP copy 2 missing blue tint stone.
Subject
Citizens Volunteer Hospital Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Military hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel -- Union -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties -- Union -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- War work -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Location
Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC PGA - Queen--Citizens ... (D size) [P&P]
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Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
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