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The Metropolitan Sanitary Fair - the art gallery

Illustration shows people viewing paintings at event in New York City to raise money for the Civil War; page also includes poem "Dead" by Theo. P. Cook and beginning of story "Maritana" by Lizzie Campbell. Ill... More

Field relief corps of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Supply wagon and t...

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U.S. Sanitary Commission : Lodge 4, 389 H Street, Washington, D.C.

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Entrance to office of Sanitary Commission. No. 8 Cherry Street, Nashvi...

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Office of Sanitary Commission, Louisville, Ky.

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Sanitary Commission lodge, Washington, D.C., American Civil War Photog...

Twelve men posed in front of Sanitary Commission lodge, Washington, D.C. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 707.

General Hospital, near Gettysburg, Pa. This hospital was established ...

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"The metropolitan sanitary fair."--Mrs. McClellan's table in the depar...

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Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Robert Folger ...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Robert Folger Wallcut enclosing the $9.75 requested in an earlier bill. He describes his trip to Virginia and "to the hospitals in several cities and to the hospital boats at the Whi... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Robert Folger ...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Robert Folger Wallcut enclosing the $9.75 requested in an earlier bill. He describes his trip to Virginia and "to the hospitals in several cities and to the hospital boats at the Whi... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Robert Folger ...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Robert Folger Wallcut enclosing the $9.75 requested in an earlier bill. He describes his trip to Virginia and "to the hospitals in several cities and to the hospital boats at the Whi... More

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [New York], to Robert Folger ...

Samuel Joseph May writes to Robert Folger Wallcut enclosing the $9.75 requested in an earlier bill. He describes his trip to Virginia and "to the hospitals in several cities and to the hospital boats at the Whi... More

Major General Rosecrans on contributions for the sick and wounded. Hea...

On verso: E. U. S. Oct. 26.1912. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 175, Folder 25.

U.S. Sanitary Commission Lodge, location unknown.

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The Shebang, or quarters of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, Brandy Stati...

Photograph showing the facilities of the United States Sanitary Commission, a privately funded agency that provided care and supplies to soldiers.

Map of the new convalescent camp : Fairfax Co., Va. four miles S.W. fr...

Torn in Two: Casualties during the war were unprecedented with 620,000 dying. The number injured was also quite high, and their care was an important priority, particularly for organizations determined to bring... More

The great sanitary fair, Philadelphia, 1864 - dining saloon

Photograph shows an interior view of a large banquet hall with African American men standing and sitting at the tables, during the Sanitary Commission(?) Fair of 1864 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gift; Commi... More

Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, 1864 Interior view of the Academy of Music, as...

Illus. in: History of the Brooklyn and Long Island Fair, February 22, 1864 / prepared and published by authority of the Executive Committee. Brooklyn : "The Union" Steam Presses, 1864, bet. pp. 32-33.

Buildings of the Great Central Fair, in aid of the U.S. Sanitary Commi...

Print shows a view from the northwest of the temporary buildings erected for the Great Central Fair in 1864 on Logan Square in Philadelphia, with the SS Peter and Paul Cathedral on the far side. The three-week ... More

Costume of ladies' at the Normandy stand, Metropolitan Fair, April 186...

Photograph shows portrait of a woman in a traditional costume from Normandy, France. On verso: To Nettie & Lin with compliments of Mrs. Robt. Larason. On verso: Photographed by J. Gurney & Son, N.Y. in aid of ... More

The Sanitary Fair Building on Union Square New York City

Photograph shows a building for New York City's "Metropolitan Fair" of 1864, a fundraising event for the United States Sanitary Commission. Gottheim collection code: GNY 68. Publisher attribution based on prov... More

Civil War envelope showing wounded soldier and Sanitary Commission wag...

Addressed to Mrs. Wilson, Clermont, Columbian Co., New York; postmarked Claymont, Del., Jun. 9; bears 3 cent stamp." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Labron Harris, Glen Echo, Maryland, A... More

Brooklyn sanitary fair, 1864. New England kitchen / lith. of A. Brown ...

(DLC/PP-2001:068). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Sanitary Commission at Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, May 1864

Two men standing in foreground, horses and two covered supply wagons; crowd of people standing on hill in background. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 2478.

Prison at Andersonville, Ga. - Public domain old map

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 134 From Sanitary Commission bulletin, v. 1, no. 21, Sept. 1, 1864. opp. p. 647. Plan of camp showing the prison, the "dead line," "Rebel camp," batteries, "Gen. Wi... More

Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission

Print shows letterhead for the Great Central Fair in Philadelphia showing scenes in which members of the Sanitary Commission help soldiers on battlefields; includes letter notifying the recipient of being appoi... More

Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commis[sion]

Print shows letterhead for the Great Central Fair in Philadelphia showing scenes in which members of the Sanitary Commission help soldiers on battlefields; includes letter notifying the recipient of being appoi... More

Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, Weymouth, [Mass.], to Elizabeth Bate...

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Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: 1975 Addition, 1821-1924; Financial pape...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: 1975 Addition, 1821-1924; Financial pape...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: 1975 Addition, 1821-1924; Financial pape...

Headquarters U.S. Sanitary Commission Gettysburgh [sic].

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Battlefield of Gettysburgh [sic]: Headquarters U.S. Sanitary Commissio...

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Battlefield of Gettysburgh [sic] : Headquarters of U.S. Sanitary Commi...

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Henry L. Boltwood : New Orleans

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Orange Judd, Esq. [three-quarter length, seated]

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Dr. Geo. A. Blake - Public domain dedication image

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Man exhibits injured right leg in brace with arched foot resting on ar...

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C. J. Stillé, Esq. - Public domain dedication image

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Lewis H. Steiner, M.D. : Chief Inspector (U.S.S.C.) Army of the Potoma...

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Dr. Julius Nichols - Public domain portrait print

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Benj[ami]n F. Estes - Public domain dedication image

O.C. Bullard - Public domain dedication image

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Humerus bone - Public domain dedication image

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Wm. B. Bowles, Esq. [left profile]

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Harlow : [Washington]. - Public domain dedication image

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Jerome Walker - Public domain dedication image

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Seated man displays left arm in brace and shoulder harness, his hand r...

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Dr. Benj. Woodward - Public domain dedication image

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Shirtless seated man displays left arm in splint, resting in sling of ...

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Seated man, fully clothed, right profile

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R.M. Larned - Public domain dedication image

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Richard Carpenter Jr. - Public domain dedication image

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Charles S. Clampitt, Philadelphia. Engaged as quarter master on steam...

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Cap[tain] Isaac Harris - Public domain dedication image

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W. S. Bullard - Public domain dedication image

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Dr. J. W. Page [standing] - Public domain dedication image

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Illustration of human rib cage - Public domain dedication image

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Orange Judd, Esq. [half-length, arms crossed]

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Alfred J. Bloor - Public domain portrait print

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T.J. O'Connell - Public domain dedication image

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Horace Binney Jr. : Chairman of the Executive Committee of Philadelphi...

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Man with injured right leg stands clothed in shirt, vest and pants, wi...

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[Illustration of suture near eyelid.]

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A.H. Brooks : [...] 1865 - Public domain dedication image

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John Stevens Jun. : U.S. San. Com. : New Orleans

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Geo. Eliot : England - Public domain portrait print

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Alfred J. Bloor - Public domain dedication image

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Frank B. Fay : Chelsea, Mass. : Supt. A.X.C. San. Com. 1864

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Wm. Harris - Public domain dedication image

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Dr. Alexander McDonald - Public domain dedication image

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Dr. Geo. L. Andrew - Public domain dedication image

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Jno. J. Culyer - Public domain dedication image

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John W. Wilson : Chief Clerk. Chief of Hospital Directory and Secretar...

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Dr. Alexander McDonald - Public domain dedication image

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A.N. Read - Public domain dedication image

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William F. Dubosq : Philadelphia : Asst. Storekeeper in Potomac Army f...

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C.W. Brink M.D. - Public domain dedication image

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R. M. Lewis : Philadelphia - Public domain portrait print

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H. Alex. Bischoff, Hospital Directory. U.S. San. Com., Louisville, Ky.

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[Illustration showing male head in right profile with exposed muscles ...

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J.S. Newberry : Sec[retar]y, West[ern] Dept., US San. Com.

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J. T. Pancoast - Public domain dedication image

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Diagram illustrating the working organization of the United States San...

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Joseph C. Gage - Public domain dedication image

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Dr. J. W. Page [seated] - Public domain dedication image

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Wm. Richards - Public domain dedication image

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E.M. Barton : Field agent U.S.S.C. : Fifth Army Corps A[rmy] of P[otom...

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Wm. B. Bowles, Esq. - Public domain dedication image

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E.B. Elliott : U.S.S.C. - Public domain dedication image

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Henry C. Freeman - Public domain dedication image

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Man stands against metal support, exhibiting injured right leg; his ar...

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U.S. Sanitary Commission, 1307 Chestnut St., Phila[delphia], July 4, 1...

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Geo. B. Page, R.A. [Relief Agent] U.S. San. Com. : Dept. N.C. [Departm...

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Order creating the United States Sanitary Commission, signed and appro...

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Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Journals, 1777-1888; Olmsted, John; 1828...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Journals, 1777-1888; Olmsted, Gideon; 17...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Journals, 1777-1888; Olmsted, John; 1836...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Journals, 1777-1888; Olmsted, Charlotte,...

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: Journals, 1777-1888; Olmsted, John; 1825...