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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 [Quartermaster's Hospital]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0139 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1865 Pagination: 1 albumen print Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 16.1 cm Order a Copy

A print of a photograph of a two-story building bearing sign "Quartermasters Hospital," flanked on either side by two one-story buildings An ambulance is stopped in front of the building. Several men pose in the photograph and an United States flag flies over the hospital. The paper is embossed in the lower right hand corner "R. H. R Riva No. 74. [?]"
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