THE UNION HOSPITALS IN CIVIL WAR Alexandria, Virginia,; as pictured in a group of 18 stereocards showing the buildings as they appeared while in use during the conflict, the photographs taken and printed at that time, each "Prepared for R. O. Abbott, Surgeon, U.S.A., Colonel and Medical Director, Dept. of Washington, by the Surgeon in Charge of the U.S.A. Gen. Hospitals, Alexandria, Va." [Lt. Col. Edwin Bentley], as indicated by a printed label affixed verso of each [noted “ROA" in the individual descriptions below], all save one with an additional title label verso or title printed directly on the card verso, as described below, all printed in red, the exception having a manuscript title in pencil under the presentation label. Accompanied by six other stereocards of Alexandria's Civil War-era hospitals, the photographs mounted on larger cards than those with the printed labels, each with a printed caption below the image.
Alexandria, VA: nd [after 10/7/64; cf. King Street Branch entry in the 1st Division]. A unique presentation assemblage prepared by a hospital department head for a colleague in a similar, and nearby, position. 24 stereoviews, image size 3 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches, mounted on stiff card stock, all except..... More