The Barracks: Furniture Delivery Department of the Shelter Committee on Washington Street

Title

The Barracks: Furniture Delivery Department of the Shelter Committee on Washington Street

Abstract

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."

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.

Place

Medium

Graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

7 x 9.25 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

Source

Original drawing location: PCW-JT-UK-ND (Box 9.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4856

Ref. Number

(Becker)PCW-JT-UK-ND

Citation

Taylor, James E., 1839-1901, “The Barracks: Furniture Delivery Department of the Shelter Committee on Washington Street,” The Becker Collection, accessed April 25, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2817.