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The Barracks: Furniture Delivery Department of the Shelter Committee on Washington Street Item Info
- Title:
- The Barracks: Furniture Delivery Department of the Shelter Committee on Washington Street
- Artist:
- Taylor, James E., 1839-1901
- Date:
- No date
- Transcription:
- Recto: "Kitchen & B[e]droom furniture delivery department of the Shelter committee on Washington Spa // 'The Barracks' // over // 4 5/8 wide.";Verso: "In the office of the Shelter aid committee persons received the order for the following material given out (stoves, mattresses, bead [sic] steads Table) illustrated in this sketch - the scene is at the Barracks long temporary wooden sheds on Washington Street & is opposite the Shelter Committee office - the[y] present the order at the Barracks & get the material & if they have no means the com tee furnish the wagon to haul the articles. Mr O C Gilebs [?] is superior of this deptment his office is in the shelter committee building also."
- Subjects:
- United States--History--1865-1898 Charities--United States--History--19th century Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Social aspects
- Condition:
- Vertical and horizontal folds; crumpling of paper at lower right; hold in lower right; rips and loss of paper on all margins; pin holes in upper left.
- Medium:
- Graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 7 x 9.25 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Source:
- Original drawing location: PCW-JT-UK-ND (Box 9.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4856
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)PCW-JT-UK-ND
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- African-American Architecture Furniture
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "The Barracks: Furniture Delivery Department of the Shelter Committee on Washington Street", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2817.html