Camp Independence, Hospital, Sierra Nevada, California
Entry/Object ID
1955.9.5
Description
Enlarged photo of the hospital building at Camp Independence with trees and mountains in the background. This print has been slightly cropped, and the original shows the number "55" in the lower left corner.
Stamped on reverse: Credit Line, U.S. War Dept. General Staff, photo no. 165-C-13g in the National Archives.
Written in red ink on reverse: Sec. C--No. 6--Page 20.
Written in pencil on reverse: Adobe hospital. Looking north from parade grounds.
This photo was taken in 1871 by Timothy H. O'Sullivan during George M. Wheeler's survey, which would later be published as Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian.
