National Soldiers' Home near Milwaukee, Wis., North-Western Branch
Name/Title
National Soldiers' Home near Milwaukee, Wis., North-Western BranchContext
Text below the image offers these identifications: 1. Elizabeth Street Entrance and Gate House 2. Ice Lake 3. Ice House 4. Mineral Spring, 4780 gallons per Hour 5. Hospital 6. Morgue 7-7-7. [?] Quarters Occupied by Married Inmates 8. Flower Garden 9. Dancing Platform & Refreshment Pavilion 10. Commanding Officer's Quarters 11. Secretary's and Surgeon's Quarters 12. Vegetable Garden 13. Officer's Stable 14. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway [Milwaukee Road] 15. Lake Hincks 16. Steam Fire Engine House 17. Main Building, Soldiers' Home; Length, 280 ft. Width, 250 ft. 18. Gas House 19. "Home" Cemetery 20. Workshops 21. Farm Buildings 22. Vegetable House 23. Farmer's Residence 24. Blacksmith Shop 25. Magazine 26. Artillery Park 27. Spring St. entrance and Gate House Text below the image also identifies officers of the North-Western Branch of the National Soldiers' Home: General Edw. W. Hincks, Colonel U.S. Army, Commandant & Treasurer; Capt. W.H. Lough, Secretary; Dr. I.H. Stearns, Surgeon; Rev. Geo. W. Barber, Chaplain.Collection
Artwork Collection, Wisconsin Art CollectionAcquisition
Accession
1987.4Source or Donor
Eleanor R. Seaman, Eleanor Huntington Seaman, Douglas Seaman, Jr.Made/Created
Artist Information
American Oleograph Co.
Louis Kurz