Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Washington, District of Columbia. Government bakery
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0170 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: April 1865 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 23.7 x 14.4 cm. Order a Copy
A print of a photograph of a building with the sign "Government Bakery." The bakers have come out and pose mostly in front of the bakery. Since the armies in the field baked their own bread mostly, this bakery serviced only those troops around the capital. Washington became a major center for army services during the war. Numerous government repair shops and support facilities [some massive in size] employing hundreds of skilled and unskilled workers were established to keep the armies running. Verso notations: "XXIX" "859" Blind stamp (?) "B. F. K. Rives No 74"
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