Image of interior and exterior views of the Volunteer Refreshment Saloon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War; soldiers board a Philadelphia & Baltimore Railroad troop train as spectators cheer; interior views of washing department, dining saloon and cooking department; bald eagle with American flags and laurel wreath frame a portrait of General Winfield Scott at bottom center; facsimile signatures of committee members in bottom margin. "Lith. & Printed in Colors by W. Boell 311 Walnut St Philada."--text, bottom right margin.
"Des & Lith on Stone by W. Boell"--text, bottom left margin.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1861 by B.S. Brown in the clerks office of the District Court of the Southern District of Pennsylvania"--text, bottom left margin.
"Pub. by B. S. Brown, 110 South St. Phil."--text, bottom left margin.
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 55.88 x 63.5 cm (22 x 25 in.)
Dining rooms--Pictorial works Eagles--Pictorial works Locomotives--United States--Pictorial works Parades--Pictorial works Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866--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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