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Hammond General Hospital Point Lookout, Md. 1863

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1863
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000970
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

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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.

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Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD

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Image of Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, along the Chesapeake Bay during the American Civil War; military tents stretch along the shore with the fort behind; sailboats and steamboats sail along the bay with a lighthouse in the foreground.

priJLC_MIL_003316

Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort and Hygeia Hotel, Va

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Image of a an elevated landscape view of Fort Monroe, the Hygeia Hotel, and the surrounding buildings, beaches, and docks on Old Point Comfort on the Virginia Peninsula in Hampton, Virginia, as seen from above the Chesapeake Bay, with tall-masted ships and the Adelaide steamboat in the water.

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Finley U.S. Genl. Hospital, Washington, D.C

Visual Materials

Image of an aerial view of Finley military hospital in Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War; tree-lined landscape with hospital buildings, tents and horse-drawn vehicles visible; United States Capitol in background.

priJLC_MIL_000846

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

Visual Materials

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.

priJLC_MIL_000857

Birds-eye view of the camp of the army of occupation, commanded by Gen'l Taylor

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Image of an aerial view of the military camp for the army brigades commanded by General Zachary Taylor early in the Mexican-American War hostilities; dozens of military tents spread out in rows across the beach along Corpus Christi Bay, Texas; soldiers in formation or engaged in activities in camp visible throughout area; ships in the water off the coast at left.

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Hammond General Hospital Point Lookout, Md. 1863

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