Buildings of the Great Central Fair, in aid of the U.S. Sanitary Commission Logan Square, Philadelphia, June 1864

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  Ground plan of buildings of the Great Central Sanitary Fair, Logan Square, Philadelphia. June, 1864

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  Image of a scale diagram of the layout for the plan of buildings at the Great Central Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; large areas for the Restaurant Department and Horticultural Department are surrounded by smaller exhibit spaces for hardware, furnishings and clothing, jewelry, machinery, art, and many other kinds of goods; map shows the park to be situated between Logan Street, Vine Street, Eighteenth Street, and Race Street.

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  Brooklyn sanitary fair, 1864. Knickerbocker Hall

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  Image of the interior of the Knickerbocker Hall at the Brooklyn Sanitary Fair exhibition, which likely raised funds to support the United States Sanitary Commission's efforts to aid soldiers and the war effort; fashionably dressed men and women browse art and sculpture displayed on long tables; long garlands of greenery and American flags decorate the walls and the high ceiling.

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  Brooklyn sanitary fair, 1864. New England kitchen

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  Image of the New England kitchen exhibit at the Brooklyn Sanitary Fair exhibition, which likely raised funds to support the United States Sanitary Commission's efforts to aid soldiers and the war effort; fashionably dressed women partake of food and drink served at long tables in front of a large, open fire brick oven; women working at a spinning wheel at left.

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

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

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  Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, 1864. View of the academy of music, as seen from the stage

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  Image of the interior of the Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York, as staged for the Brooklyn Sanitary Fair exhibition, which likely raised funds to support the United States Sanitary Commission's efforts to aid soldiers and the war effort; fashionably dressed men and women browse art and sculpture displayed on long tables; seats in the balconies are filled with people; bunting with stars and stripes and red, white, and blue steamers decorate the walls and the high ceiling.

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