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Military asylum, Washington, D.C. / photographed by A. Gardner. The veteran – Antique Photo Print

Military asylum, Washington, D.C. / photographed by A. Gardner. The veteran, published 1867. — historic photograph
Military asylum, Washington, D.C. / photographed by A. Gardner. The veteran, published 1867.. Historic photograph 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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Step back in time with Military asylum, Washington, D.C. / photographed by A. Gardner. The veteran, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Military asylum, Washington, D.C. / photographed by A. Gardner. The veteran

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This engraving shows the Military Asylum in Washington, D.C., a home for disabled and aging soldiers on the city's northern edge, and it was based on a photograph by Alexander Gardner. Harper's Weekly printed it in its January 5, 1867 issue, at a time when the Civil War had left thousands of men with lasting injuries and the government was still working out how to care for them. Wood engravings like this one turned photographs into illustrations that a mass readership could easily reproduce and read, so the image reached people far beyond the grounds it depicts.

Created / publishedpublished 1867.
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
GenrePeriodical illustrations 1860-1870.Wood engravings 1860-1870.
NotesIllus. in: Harper's weekly, 1867 Jan. 5, p. 4.
SubjectsAsylums--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870. Disabled veterans--American--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,204 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-213305

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