View of fair for Union Volunteers and Sailors
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.1338 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1865/10[?]/30[?] Pagination: 1 carte de visite 6.2 x 10.2 cm Order a Copy
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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