Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) [Quartermaster's Hospital]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0139 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Photograph Date: 1863 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 23.3 x 16.1 cm. Order a Copy
A print of a photograph of a two-story building bearing sign "Quartermasters Hospital," flanked on either side by two one-story buildings An ambulance is stopped in front of the building. Several men pose in the photograph and an United States flag flies over the hospital. The paper is embossed in the lower right hand corner "R. H. R Riva No. 74. [?]"
See GLC 5111.01.0140
Date of creation from http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-washington-district-of-columbia-hospit… and http://www.old-picture.com/pics/civil-war/002/Ambulance-Hospital-front-… which give 1862 and 1863 as year of creation.
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