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Satterlee U.S.A. General Hospital, West Philadelphia

Description: Image of an aerial view of Satterlee General Hospital buildings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, surrounded by military camp tents, soldiers, horse drawn vehicles, and dirt roads with American flag flying at center and landscape beyond; captions in bottom margin tell history of and amenities at the hospital along with names of principal officers.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1864
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000857
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: 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.

U.S.A. general hospital, McKim's mansion, Baltimore, MD

Visual Materials

Image of the U.S.A. General Hospital located at McKim's mansion in Baltimore, Maryland, during the American Civil War; buildings and tents form a square around a central courtyard with large American flag flying on a flagpole at center; horse-drawn vehicles and soldiers at various duties outside in the area; city of Baltimore visible in background.

priJLC_MIL_003321

Mower U.S.A. General Hospital, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia

Visual Materials

Image of an aerial view of Mower General Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Civil War; hospital buildings, locomotive on train tracks, and train depot visible; landscape in background; list of 33 buildings and areas of interest in bottom margin.

priJLC_MIL_000854

Camp Putnam. The encampment of the National Guard of New York, at New-Haven Conn. June 1832

Visual Materials

Image of Camp Putnam encampment for the New York State National Guard 27th Artillery Regiment in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1832; the regiment stands at attention in front of civilian onlookers; horse-drawn vehicles containing spectators on a dirt road in foreground; tents and a large American flag in the encampment; hilly landscape in background; eagle-topped crest with "NG" at center and motto "Pro Patria Et Gloria" below in bottom center margin.

priJLC_MIL_001268

Hammond General Hospital Point Lookout, Md. 1863

Visual Materials

Image of an aerial view of Hammond General Hospital during the American Civil War on the Chesapeake Bay at Point Lookout, Maryland, showing hospital buildings and military tents; ships visible in the water offshore.

priJLC_MIL_000970

Jarvis General Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Visual Materials

Image of an elevated view of Jarvis General Hospital grounds and the surrounding area of Baltimore, Maryland, during the American Civil War; vignette of the hospital entrance inset at bottom center; names of surgeons and other hospital staff printed in bottom margin.

priJLC_MIL_001050

Citizens Volunteer Hospital Philadelphia corner of Broad St. & Washington Avenue

Visual Materials

Image of the Citizens Volunteer Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War; exterior view of hospital at center surrounded by ten interior views depicting women and soldiers in the kitchen, dining room, laundry, officers dining room, bath room, store room, ladies kitchen, wash room, drug room, and hospital room; decorative frame with draped American flags at bottom center.

priJLC_MIL_000842

Satterlee U.S.A. General Hospital, West Philadelphia

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