Receipt

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Receipt

Entry/Object ID

GHS 1701

Description

Small dark brown wooden frame with no decoration. Illustrations of soldiers marching in the street, American flag, and a wounded soldier with crutch on a hospital bed. "Union volunteer refreshement saloon and hospital, Philadelphia, June 1862, Received of Miss Mary Hewitt a Contribution..." Written in ink on back of frame, "#1701 from Miss Fanny Garvin, Sept. 28, 1957,"

Dimensions

Height

7-1/4 in

Width

10-1/2 in

Depth

1-1/4 in

Material

Wood, glass, paper

Provenance

Notes

See GHS True Accession Book, "Rec'd from Miss Fanny Garvin- Framed copy of Contribution to the Union volunteer refreshment saloon and hospital- dated 1862." Donated by Miss Fanny Garvin, September 28, 1957