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Original 1864 Civil War Era Lithograph BROOKLYN SANITARY FAIR ☆ Academy Of Music
Original 1864 Civil War Era Lithograph BROOKLYN SANITARY FAIR ☆ Academy Of Music
Original 1864 Civil War Era Lithograph BROOKLYN SANITARY FAIR ☆ Academy Of Music
Original 1864 Civil War Era Lithograph BROOKLYN SANITARY FAIR ☆ Academy Of Music
Original 1864 Civil War Era Lithograph BROOKLYN SANITARY FAIR ☆ Academy Of Music
Original 1864 Civil War Era Lithograph BROOKLYN SANITARY FAIR ☆ Academy Of Music
Original 1864 Civil War Era Lithograph BROOKLYN SANITARY FAIR ☆ Academy Of Music
Original 1864 Civil War Era Lithograph BROOKLYN SANITARY FAIR ☆ Academy Of Music
Original 1864 Civil War Era Lithograph BROOKLYN SANITARY FAIR ☆ Academy Of Music

Original 1864 Civil War Era Lithograph BROOKLYN SANITARY FAIR ☆ Academy Of Music

$ 76.55

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: In very good antiquarian condition. Vintage mounted to board. Board is brittle. Please see all photos for the best indication of exact condition.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Style: Patriotic
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    Original 1864 Civil War Era Lithograph BROOKLYN SANITARY FAIR ☆ Academy Of Music
    Unknown artist. Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, 1864: View of the Academy of Music as Seen from the Dress Circle, from The Manual of the Common Council of the City of Brooklyn, compiled by Henry McCloskey (Brooklyn: The Council, 1864). Lithograph by A. Brown and Co., New York. -
    RARE
    The print was previously owned by prominent Brooklyn residents and collectors - Mr. and Mrs. William Sterling Peters
    In very good antiquarian condition. Vintage mounted to board. Board is brittle. Please see all photos for the best indication of exact condition
    Dimensions:  15.25"W x 18.5"H
    This interior view of the Brooklyn Academy of Music from 1864 depicts the space as it appeared from the second-story balcony during the Brooklyn Sanitary Fair. Seated on red fabric chairs, guests peer over the balcony to observe the events below. On the lower level, figures surround draped tables that display a range of goods. Above the tables red, white, and blue swags
    meet in the middle of the high ceiling accented by a suspended sculpture of an eagle. In the background, at the center of the composition, a white tent with two occupied beds rests next to a flag and several standing figures wearing blue uniforms and hats.
    During the Civil War, fairs were organized by local charities and women’s organizations in coordination with the United States Sanitary Commission to raise money for clothing, food, medical supplies, and other provisions for the Union army. After paying a small entrance fee, families could purchase donated goods, homemade pastries, locally grown crops, souvenirs, attend concerts and speeches, and gawk at war relics from the Revolution as well as captured Confederate armaments, trophies, and flags. Children would contribute their own handmade crafts to the fairs to be sold. The highly successful Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, hosted at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (then located on Montague Street), raised funds through special events such as the Calico Ball and ongoing attractions including moving dioramas (a precursor to the movies), live music, a soda bar, a Museum of Arts, Relics, and Curiosities, and an auction featuring everything from toys to furniture.