View of fair for Union Volunteers and Sailors

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GLC#
GLC05111.02.1338-View header record
Type
Images
Date
October 30, 1865
Title
View of fair for Union Volunteers and Sailors
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 carte de visite Height: 6.2 cm, Width: 10.2 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Image shows a large crowd gathered for a fair in front of a "Union Volunteer Hospital" and a "Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon." The crowd includes soldiers, a band, people standing on the Hospital balcony, and a small group of people standing at a cannon. Graphite inscription on verso "**Book" "Fair for Vols & Sailors' Home Academy of Music Oct. 30th 1865." Photographers stamp on verso "R. Newell, 724 Arch St. Philad'a. AUG 1865."

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