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Photo, Print, Drawing Citizens Volunteer Hospital. Corner of Broad Street and Washington Avenue. Citizens Volunteer Hospital. Corner of Broad St. and Washington Avenue

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Title

  • Citizens Volunteer Hospital. Corner of Broad Street and Washington Avenue.

Other Title

  • Citizens Volunteer Hospital. Corner of Broad St. and Washington Avenue

Summary

  • This Civil War fundraising certificate contains views of the exterior and interior of the volunteer hospital opposite the Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad depot in Philadelphia. The hospital opened on September 5, 1862, and closed on August 11, 1865. During the American Civil War, the hospital provided care to the most seriously wounded before their reassignment to other hospitals. The exterior view shows civilians and a troop of Union soldiers standing in front of the hospital as a train arrives. The 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. The illustrations are framed by decorative motifs that include the seal of the city 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 work is by James Fuller Queen, a Philadelphia lithographer and pioneer chromolithographer. Queen served in the militia in 1862--63 and created several lithographs with Civil War subjects, including contribution certificates for the city's relief institutions.

Names

  • Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 Artist.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Printed by P.S. Duval & Son, 1862.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1862
  • -  Chromolithographs
  • -  Citizens Volunteer Hospital Association (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • -  Hospitals
  • -  Railroads
  • -  Soldiers
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  Volunteers
  • -  Women

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 130"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 49 x 37 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: The Library Company of Philadelphia.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Philadelphia on Stone

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670371

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Queen, James Fuller, 1820 Or 21-1886 Artist. Citizens Volunteer Hospital. Corner of Broad Street and Washington Avenue. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1862. Philadelphia: Printed by P.S. Duval & Son. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670371/.

APA citation style:

Queen, J. F. (1862) Citizens Volunteer Hospital. Corner of Broad Street and Washington Avenue. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1862. Philadelphia: Printed by P.S. Duval & Son. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670371/.

MLA citation style:

Queen, James Fuller, 1820 Or 21-1886 Artist. Citizens Volunteer Hospital. Corner of Broad Street and Washington Avenue. Philadelphia: Printed by P.S. Duval & Son. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670371/>.