Hospital of Medical Department U.S.A. Ward no. 1. Seen from southern end
Summary
Photograph made by the Army Medical Museum for exhibition at the U.S. Centennial International Exhibition (also known as the International Exposition of 1876) shows ward in an Army hospital with beds covered in mosquito nets and Thomas Eakins' painting The Gross Clinic hanging on the wall.
Printed on mount: "International Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876. War Department, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum."
Tags
Date
01/01/1876
Location
pennsylvania
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.