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[Soldier named Ewing in kepi displaying a wound to his arm] / Henry Ulke, 178 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

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The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to hold light-sensitive silver salts. The paper is then sensitized in a solution of silver nitrate, and exposed in a camera or under a negative. After exposure, the print is developed in a solution of gallic acid and silver nitrate, which reduces the silver salts to metallic silver and creates the final image. The albumen print process was widely used for commercial and fine art photography in the 19th century and produced high-quality, detailed images with a distinctive glossy finish.

Clara Barton, (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912), founder the American Red Cross, declared that the war put the American woman “at least fifty years in advance of the normal position which continued peace would have assigned her.” Clara Barton was born in North Oxford. When Clara was 10, she assigned herself the task of nursing her brother David back to health after he fell from the roof of a barn. Clara learned how to distribute the prescribed medication to her brother, as well as how to place leeches on his body to bleed him (a standard treatment at this time). She continued to care for David long after doctors had given until he made a full recovery. She was a teacher for 12 years at schools in Canada, West Georgia and at open a free school in Bordentown, NJ which was the first ever free school in New Jersey. She was also a patent clerk in Washington D.C., in the US Patent Office. She was the first woman in government office who had received a salary equal to a man's salary. She became a hospital nurse during the American Civil War. Nursing education was not formalized at that time and Clara did not attend nursing school and provided self-taught nursing care. On April 19, 1861, the Baltimore Riot resulted in the first bloodshed of the American Civil War. Victims were transported to Washington D.C. where she lived at the time. Barton went to the railroad station when the victims arrived and nursed 40 men providing crucial assistance to wounded.

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soldiers war casualties wounds and injuries history civil war military personnel casualties albumen prints cartes de visite portrait photographs soldier kepi wound arm henry ulke avenue pennsylvania avenue washington 1860 washington dc 19th century lot 6286 henry ulke photo ultra high resolution high resolution united states history library of congress
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01/01/1860
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Ulke, Henry, 1821-1910, photographer
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Clara Barton

Founder of the American Red Cross
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George W. Loveland of Co. H, 2nd New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, in uniform Whitehurst, Gallery, 434 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. ; M.J. Powers, photographer

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Wound_Sold_Din_9-8-06] Department of the Interior-hosted dinner event honoring wounded veterans, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and other senior officials presiding] [48-DPA-SOI_K_Wound_Sold_Din_9-8-06_DOI_4714.JPG]

Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. 19th century stereoscopic views of Pennsylvania.

New Zealand's Roll of Honour 1915 The Auckland Weekly News Illustrated List

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Wound_Sold_Din_9-8-06] Department of the Interior-hosted dinner event honoring wounded veterans, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and other senior officials presiding] [48-DPA-SOI_K_Wound_Sold_Din_9-8-06_DOI_4733.JPG]

New president George H.W. Bush, in presidential automobile, acknowledges the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue during his inaugural parade on January 20, 1989, Washington, D.C.

[Unidentified woman, possibly a nurse, during the Civil War] / P. H. Benedict, National Gallery, Granger Block, directly over the Post Office, Syracuse, N.Y.

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Wound_Sold_Din_9-8-06] Department of the Interior-hosted dinner event honoring wounded veterans, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and other senior officials presiding] [48-DPA-SOI_K_Wound_Sold_Din_9-8-06_DOI_4682.JPG]

[Standing soldier, frock coat, kepi, painted background, dirt floor, done by traveling camp photographer]

Casualty no. 1. Museum of New Zealand collection

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Wound_Sold_Din_9-8-06] Department of the Interior-hosted dinner event honoring wounded veterans, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and other senior officials presiding] [48-DPA-SOI_K_Wound_Sold_Din_9-8-06_DOI_4663.JPG]

Almira Fales, philanthropist and nurse during the Civil War Whitehurst Gallery, 434 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. ; W. Snell, photographer & partner

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soldiers war casualties wounds and injuries history civil war military personnel casualties albumen prints cartes de visite portrait photographs soldier kepi wound arm henry ulke avenue pennsylvania avenue washington 1860 washington dc 19th century lot 6286 henry ulke photo ultra high resolution high resolution united states history library of congress