Ogden, Sarah Perot, 1831-? Photograph album, with cartes de visite [word processed inventory available]
Order a pdf of this item here.
Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06559.154 Author/Creator: Ogden, Sarah Perot, 1831-? Place Written: Various Places Type: Photograph album Date: 1850-1865 Pagination: 27 carte de visites de visites + album. Order a Copy
The album contains 27 photographs of the military patients and staff of the U. S. Hospital in Philadelphia. Includes 20 identified patients (one of whom is John Walker, a 13 year old drummer boy), 4 male nurses and stewards. All of the patients are dressed in military uniforms. Information on the reverse of the Cartes de visite, written in ink, gives the subject's identity, wounds or illness, and other details. The initial leaf of the album is inscribed "Sallie M. Ogden, December 25, 186-." The second leaf is inscribed "Sick & Wounded at U. S. Hospital, Broad and Cherry Sts. Phila." The photographs have been removed from the album pages.
Citation Guidelines for Online Resources
The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.