Materiality and Spectacle 2015

U.S. Sanitary Commission Fair

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Title

U.S. Sanitary Commission Fair

Description

From June 7th to June 21st in 1864 the U.S. Sanitary Commission held a fundraising even on Logan Square. It was the only such fair that President Lincoln attended; he gave a speech there.

Creator

John Osborne, Dickinson College

Source

Frank H. Taylor, Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 (Philadelphia, PA: Published by the City, 1913), 265.

Date

1864

Files

HD_SanitaryCommFair.preview.jpg

Citation

John Osborne, Dickinson College, “U.S. Sanitary Commission Fair,” Materiality and Spectacle 2015, accessed November 27, 2025, https://ds-omeka.haverford.edu/materiality-and-spectacle-2015/items/show/22.