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Photo, Print, Drawing Rendezvous of distribution. Birds eye view of camp convalescent near Alexandria, Va.

[ digital file from original print, hand-colored impression ]

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About this Item

Title

  • Rendezvous of distribution. Birds eye view of camp convalescent near Alexandria, Va.

Summary

  • Print shows two bird's-eye views of Union military facilities established during the Civil War in Alexandria, Virginia. Numbered key at top and lettered key at bottom identify the locations of camp and hospital facilities in each view, such as "6. Photograph Establishment" and "C. Soldiers Library."

Names

  • Magnus, Charles, publisher

Created / Published

  • New York and Washington, D.C. : Charles Magnus' New York Printing Establishment. Offices: 12 Frankfort St., New York, and 520 7th St., Washington, D.C., [1864]

Headings

  • -  Barracks--Union--Virginia--Alexandria--1860-1870
  • -  Hospitals--Union--Virginia--Alexandria--1860-1870
  • -  Libraries--Union--Virginia--Alexandria--1860-1870
  • -  Photographic studios--Union--Virginia--Alexandria--1860-1870
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military facilities--Union--Virginia--Alexandria
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical aspects--Virginia--Alexandria

Format Headings

  • Bird's-eye view prints--1860-1870.
  • Lithographs--Hand-colored--1860-1870.

Genre

  • Bird's-eye view prints--1860-1870
  • Lithographs--Hand-colored--1860-1870

Notes

  • -  Title from item
  • -  Key identifies in the top image: 1. Head quarters officers offices in rear. 2. Barracks for men. 3. Medical head quarters. 4. Hospitals. 5. Sutlers. 6. Photograph establishment. 7. Receiving office and post office. 8 and 9. Dining rooms and cook houses. 10. Drilling ground, former camp of distribution. 11. Officers quarters and cook houses. 12. 3 &4 Penns. Res. Corps, guard of convalescent camp
  • -  Key identifies in the bottom image: A. Colonels and staff quarters. B. Officers quarters. C. Soldiers library. D. Church. E. Quartermasters stables. F. Quartersmasters office. G. Commissary office. H. Quartermasters store houses. I. Commissary store house. J. Quartermasters detail.
  • -  Printed at bottom center: Deutsche und englische Buchdruckerei, lithographische Anstalt und Verlagshandlung.
  • -  Library has two impressions, one b&w and one hand-colored on trimmed sheet.
  • -  B&w impression Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints.
  • -  B&w impression Stamped on verso: 44411.
  • -  Hand-colored impression Stamped on lower right: Map Division Library of Congress Apr 5 1919.
  • -  Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Medium

  • 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 44 x 57.6 cm.
  • 1 print : hand-colored lithograph ; sheet 31.9 x 44.5 cm, on mount 33.3 x 45.9 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PGA - Magnus, Charles--Rendezvous of distribution ... (B size) [P&P] PGA - Magnus, Charles--Rendezvous of distribution ... Hand-colored impression

Source Collection

  • Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress)

Repository

Digital Id

  • pga 07420 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.07420
  • pga 07421 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.07421

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2003671606

Reproduction Number

  • LC-DIG-pga-07420 (digital file from original print, hand-colored impression) LC-DIG-pga-07421 (digital file from original print)

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • image

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  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-07420 (digital file from original print, hand-colored impression) LC-DIG-pga-07421 (digital file from original print)
  • Call Number: PGA - Magnus, Charles--Rendezvous of distribution ... (B size) [P&P] PGA - Magnus, Charles--Rendezvous of distribution ... Hand-colored impression
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Chicago citation style:

Magnus, Charles, Publisher. Rendezvous of distribution. Birds eye view of camp convalescent near Alexandria, Va. Alexandria United States Virginia, 1864. [New York and Washington, D.C.: Charles Magnus' New York Printing Establishment. Offices: 12 Frankfort St., New York, and 520 7th St., Washington, D.C] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003671606/.

APA citation style:

Magnus, C. (1864) Rendezvous of distribution. Birds eye view of camp convalescent near Alexandria, Va. Alexandria United States Virginia, 1864. [New York and Washington, D.C.: Charles Magnus' New York Printing Establishment. Offices: 12 Frankfort St., New York, and 520 7th St., Washington, D.C] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2003671606/.

MLA citation style:

Magnus, Charles, Publisher. Rendezvous of distribution. Birds eye view of camp convalescent near Alexandria, Va. [New York and Washington, D.C.: Charles Magnus' New York Printing Establishment. Offices: 12 Frankfort St., New York, and 520 7th St., Washington, D.C] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2003671606/>.