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How Philadelphia Fed the Soldiers : The story of the Union Volunteer and Cooper Shop Refreshment Saloons, located during the Civil War at the foot of Washington Avenue, at the point now occupied by the International Navigation Company
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Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, the first opened for Union volunteers in the United States. 1009 Otsego St. Philadelphia
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Image of interior and exterior views of Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, near the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad station during the American Civil War; exterior view includes rows of soldiers at attention, civilians, and signs and flags for the saloon, with a goddess Columbia figure holding an American flag riding a bald eagle in clouds; interior view includes soldiers at tables of food in dining hall, men of the Committee in suits in foreground, and American flag draperies along wall and ceiling.
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Annual statement of the Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Committee
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