Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events., View of the Union military training camp in Virginia. Shows mule-drawn wagons passing rows of tents. Also shows soldiers on the grounds.
Creator
Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date
c1862.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - C [5779.F.8]
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., Bird's eye view of the rest station and "lodge for invalid soldiers" operated by the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization. Shows an enclosed barracks flanked by tents and railroad tracks. Soldiers walk, relax, and drill on the grounds as others disembark and arrive via locomotive. Also shows the railroad roundhouse in the far left background near signage reading "Sanitary Commission Lodge for Invalid Soldiers" and "Soldiers Rest U.S. Sanitary Commission"; horse-drawn wagons travelling past and into the barracks; and the surrounding town.
Creator
Magnus, Charles., creator
Date
c1864.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Hospitals [5779.F.57]
Contains printed gilt frame around image., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., View of the Union military training camp. Shows a horse-drawn wagon leaving the camp comprised of barracks and tents. Also shows soldiers seated on the grounds outside of the camp.
Creator
Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), creator
Date
c1862.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - F [5779.F.2]
View of a rural turnpike where a man driving a horse-drawn cart pulls up near a man standing in front of a wooden shed. Two African American agricultural workers, a boy carrying hay and a man carrying a sack, stand on the dirt road with their backs to the viewer and look on at the cart. A church, pastures, and a mountain range are seen in the background., Title from mount., Inscribed: Presentation Picture, 1887, Photographic Society of Philad'a., Manuscript note on verso: Photographed July, 1886. Carbutt Special Plate. Ross 11 inch Rapid Symetrical Lens. F/22 2 Seconds Exposure., The Photographic Society of Philadelphia, founded in 1862, by Charles Guillou, was one of the earliest existing amateur photography clubs in the world. The Society held annual exhibitions where the members competed for best portrait and landscape., Purchase 1991., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Bullock was a respected Philadelphia pictorial photographer, a former president of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia, and founding member of photography as art movement, Photo-Secession.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Bullock [P.9352]
