Tent wards at Campbell Hospital Washington D.C. – Vintage Print
(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: Tent wards at Campbell Hospital Washington D.C., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Tent wards at Campbell Hospital Washington D.C.
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Canvas tents set up as hospital wards were a common sight in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War, and this view of the tent wards at Campbell Hospital records one such arrangement. The photograph dates to 1861, early in the war, when the capital was taking in sick and wounded soldiers faster than permanent buildings could be found for them. James F. Gibson, who worked in Alexander Gardner's Washington studio, made the image, which is now part of the Library of Congress's Civil War photograph collection. Looking closely at the tents and the open ground around them shows how improvised these early medical facilities were.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. B176. · Gibson James F. b. 1828 photographer. |
| Subjects | Hospitals--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Medical facilities. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,051 × 4,103 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51947 |
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