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[Asylum and hospital (Marine Asylum & Hospital") D.C. Elevations section – Historic Reproduction

[Asylum and hospital (Marine Asylum & Hospital") D.C. Elevations section, 2001698959 — historic image
[Asylum and hospital (Marine Asylum & Hospital") D.C. Elevations section, 2001698959. Historic image from the Washington DC collection.

(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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Rather than a view of the building in use, this is a working drawing of its north wing, an elevation that shows the wall as it would be seen head-on, with its windows, doors, and vertical proportions laid out for builders. Federal marine hospitals like this one cared for sick and injured merchant seamen, a service supported by deductions from sailors' wages. Architectural drawings of this kind were used to plan construction and to record a building's design, so they remain useful evidence of how such institutions were meant to look. The record does not give a date, so the exact building campaign is unclear from this sheet alone.

Created / published2001698959
Mediumhospital north wing]"
GenreDesign
NotesADE - UNIT 2566, no. 4 (B size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
SubjectsFor information see Architecture
SourceLibrary of Congress
Original scan1,454 × 1,149 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175719

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