Colour lithograph of a basement bath room with soldiers in blue uniforms, a shoe shiner kneeling, a man at a counter on the right, a staircase and overhead pipes.

Soldiers' Depot wash and bath room, New York, 1864

A colour lithograph of a basement room labelled as a soldiers' wash and bath room, with uniformed men in blue standing, sitting and washing. A shoe shiner kneels at lower center, while a man grooms at a counter on the right beside a staircase and overhead pipes.

Artist: Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co.
Date: 1864
Medium: Lithographs
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 2509 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1864.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

19th century print colour lithograph blue uniform military life civil war lithograph