Soldier's theatre, (Fourteenth Brooklyn) in an old warehouse in Culpeper Court House, Va. / EF. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Soldier's theatre, (Fourteenth Brooklyn) in an old warehouse in Culpeper Court House, Va. / EF. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Soldier's theatre, (Fourteenth Brooklyn) in an old warehouse in Culpeper Court House, Va. / EF.
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A pencil drawing of a stage built inside an old warehouse at Culpeper Court House, Virginia, it shows a soldiers' theater run by the Fourteenth Brooklyn, a Union infantry regiment. The sketch is dated January 1864, when the Army of the Potomac was camped in and around Culpeper for the winter. With long idle stretches between duties, soldiers across both armies put on plays, minstrel shows and concerts, often in whatever space they could find. The drawing, signed only "EF," is a rare view of that informal camp entertainment and of the makeshift stages soldiers built for it.
| Created / published | 1864 Jan. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.182) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Theaters--1860-1870. Stages (Platforms)--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life--Union.United States--Virginia--Culpeper |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,460 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218128 |
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