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Title
Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon of Philadelphia. Being the first institution of the kind in the United States. Organized, May 27th 1861
Creator
Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 1821-1886, artist
T. Sinclair's Lith., printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
Image of Union army marching in ranks past a crowd of civilians in front of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon as lines of soldiers file from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, docks towards the troop trains; American flag on pole at center; crowd includes a band and an African American man; names of committee members and volunteers in bottom margin.
Date supplied by cataloger based on copy held by Library Company of Philadelphia. "J. Queen, Del & Lith."--text, bottom left margin. "T. Sinclair's Lith, 311 Chestnut St. Phila."--text, bottom right margin.
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 55.88 x 71.44 cm (22 x 28 1/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_MIL_000806
383502
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1088
Language
English
Subject
Flags--Pictorial works
Marching Bands--Pictorial works
Parades--Pictorial works
Soldiers--Pictorial works
Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Pictorial works
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Military
Large Size
American Civil War
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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