Description
Today this elegant wing contains an exhibit on American performing artists, but during the Civil War, regiments bunked here and later a war hospital ward was housed here. Walt Whitman served as a nurse in these galleries.
About the Photographer
- Idler
- Poolesville, Maryland
"I have two doctors: my left leg and my right." (G.M. Trevelyan)
Location
All Washington, D.C. photos
Reviews That Feature This Photo
- A Temple to Invention, Restored and Repurposed
- February 23, 2009
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