Camp Fry, Washington, D.C.

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During the Civil War, the presence of Union soldiers on the city landscape was impossible to miss. This lithographic shows Camp Fry, which extended south down 23rd Street from Pennsylvania Avenue through the neighborhood now called Foggy Bottom. Built in 1863, and named for General James Barnet Fry, Provost Marshall of the Union army, the camp housed barracks, housed the Veteran Volunteer Corps, and served as a storehouse for equipment and army horses. In the foreground, Clark Mill’s statue of George Washington presides over Washington Circle, the first circle in the city to be planned and landscaped.
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Artist/Maker:
Medium:
Color lithograph
Collection:
Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection
Accession Number:
AS 38
Credit Line:
Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection
Date:
c. 1863;
Keywords:
Camp Fry; Bird’s-eye Views; Civil War Camps, Quarters, Barracks, Forts
Object Type:
Print
Dimensions:
Sheet/Page 31.75 H x 43.82 W cm (12 1/2 H x 17 1/4 W in)
Structure:
color lithograph; lithograph
Exhibition History:
Treasures from the Albert H. Small Collection, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, Washington DC, June 21, 2018 - January 20, 2019
The Civil War and the Making of a Modern Washington, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, Washington DC, March 21, 2015 - October 15, 2015
A Tale of Two Houses, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, Washington DC, August 24, 2024 - May 11, 2025
Collector's Vision VII, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, Washington DC, January 04, 2021 - February 27, 2022
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