Image of an aerial view of Satterlee General Hospital buildings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, surrounded by military camp tents, soldiers, horse drawn vehicles, and dirt roads with American flag flying at center and landscape beyond; captions in bottom margin tell history of and amenities at the hospital along with names of principal officers. "Lith. & Printed by Charles Magnus 12 Frankfort St. New York."--text, bottom right margin.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1864 by James D. Gay in the Clerks Office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."--text, bottom center margin.
"Published by James D. Gay, and will be sent by mail to any part of the United States on receipt of 75 cents. Address. No. 300 North 20th street, Philadelphia, Pa."--text, bottom center margin.
"This is perhaps the largest and most complete Army Hospital in the world. It covers six-teen acres of ground. There are 24 wards, containing 4500 beds... There is, for the accommodation of the patients, a large Reading Room, with a Library, Piano, &c,; also, Sutler Store, Stationery and Newspaper Depot, Barber Shop and Printing Office, where there is published a very neat paper, called the Hospital Register; also, a fine Band of Music."--text, bottom margin.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 44.45 x 58.1 cm (17 1/2 x 22 7/8 in.)
Hospitals--Pictorial works Horse-drawn vehicles--Pictorial works Military hospitals--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works United States. Satterlee General Hospital (West Philadelphia, Pa.) Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (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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