A Ward in Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C. – Historic Print
![A Ward in Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C., [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e9/e9aa3916d713-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: A Ward in Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C., preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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A Ward in Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C.
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Armory Square Hospital, one of the largest Union army hospitals in Washington, was set up in a former Armory Square building near the Capitol during the Civil War, and this view of one of its wards shows rows of iron bedsteads with wheeled chairs in the aisles. The record dates the photograph only to between 1861 and 1865, though the print itself was made later, so the scene reflects the crowded conditions that followed the major battles of the war. Ward interiors like this one were photographed to document medical care for the wounded, and the wheeled chairs in the foreground hint at how patients who could not walk were moved about the room.
| Created / published | [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1860-1910. |
| Notes | Civil War Photograph Collection. |
| Subjects | Hospitals--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870. Wheeled chairs--1860-1870. Interiors--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical aspects. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties--Union. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,677 × 3,786 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221449 |
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