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- GLC#
- GLC05111.01.0169-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- circa 1861-1865
- Author/Creator
- Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
- Title
- Harewood (i.e. Mt. Pleasant) Hospital, Washington, D.C.
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 albumen print Height: 27.9 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
A print of a large hospital complex in background, including water tower, flagpole and white fence bordering the complex. A large number of medical tents occupy the right hand side of the photograph. Two officers and a civilian gentlemen converse in the foreground. A soldier lounges near the group. Misidentified as "Columbia Hospital" by a tag on verso of mat from the American Image Gallery.
See GLC 5111.01.0141
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