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Brooklyn sanitary fair, 1864. Knickerbocker Hall



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

    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.

    priJLC_FAIR_003040

  • Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, 1864. Interior view of the academy of music, as seen from the dress circle

    Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, 1864. Interior view of the academy of music, as seen from the dress circle

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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; view is from the dress circle balcony out onto the scene below; the scene on the stage depicts a field hospital and soldiers; red, white, and blue steamers decorate the walls and the high ceiling.

    priJLC_FAIR_001703

  • Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, 1864. Interior view of the academy of music, as seen from the dress circle

    Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, 1864. Interior view of the academy of music, as seen from the dress circle

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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; view is from the dress circle balcony out onto the scene below; the scene on the stage depicts a field hospital and soldiers; red, white, and blue steamers decorate the walls and the high ceiling.

    priJLC_FAIR_003041

  • Brooklyn sanitary fair, 1864. New England kitchen

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

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    Image of an aerial view of the buildings for the Great Central Fair and the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; many pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles are visible along the streets; several buildings have American flags flying above them, with "USSC" for the United States Sanitary Commission emblazoned on the largest flag at center.

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