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Image of Union army marching in ranks past a crowd of civilians in front of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon as lines of soldiers file from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, docks towards the troop trains; American flag on pole at center; crowd includes a band and an African American man; names of committee members and volunteers in bottom margin.
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.
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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.
Image of interior and exterior views of the Volunteer Refreshment Saloon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War; soldiers board a Philadelphia & Baltimore Railroad troop train as spectators cheer; interior views of washing department, dining saloon and cooking department; bald eagle with American flags and laurel wreath frame a portrait of General Winfield Scott at bottom center; facsimile signatures of committee members in bottom margin.
Image of six interior and exterior vignettes of the Volunteer Refreshment Saloons in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, including the cooking and washing departments, dining hall, and a view of the buildings' exterior with parade and locomotive at center; bald eagle with American flags and shield at top center; list of names from the Volunteer Refreshment Committee in bottom margin; image of Volunteer Refreshment Committee hospital exterior in mylar on verso.
Image of several ranks of Union soldiers during the American Civil War marching behind a military band and an officer on horseback directing them ahead; a large rock formation is visible in background.
Image of the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek during the American Civil War; Union officers on horseback, including General George B. McClellan and General Randolph B. Marcy, survey the battle from a hilltop; cannon and dead and wounded soldiers in foreground; army ranks marching in background.
