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Shaker Booth Group, Army Relief Fair, Albany, New York

Artist Rensselaer Emmett Churchill (American, 1820 - 1892)

Artist Daniel Denison (American, 1814 - 1899)

CultureAmerican

Date1864

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 5 5/8 × 7 1/2 in. (14.3 × 19.1 cm)
Overall, Support: 9 3/4 × 11 5/8 in. (24.8 × 29.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 17 1/16 in. (40.6 × 43.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange

Object number98.32.214

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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. A photograph of five women all standing upon a decorative rug in a semicircle, facing the camera, and dressed in Shaker styled clothing. The description below the photograph reads "Shaker Booth Groupe, At Army Relief Fair, Albany, NY." This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].

Label TextRensselaer Emmett Churchill American, 1820–1892 Daniel Denison American, 1814–1889 Shaker Booth Group, Army Relief Fair, Albany, New York, 1864 Albumen print (photograph) While the Civil War was fought on battlefields mostly across the South, the ramifications of the conflict spanned all areas of American society as citizens throughout the country contributed to the war effort and sought to stay connected to distant loved ones. In Albany, New York citizen-led groups of the Citizens Military Relief Fund and the Ladies’ Army Relief Fund banded together to mount a fair that raised more than $100,000 for soldiers’ relief causes. Attendants at the fair formed into groups that organized booths and donned costumes—in this case Pennsylvania Shakers—and then competed to raise the most money for the cause. Gift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange 98.32.214 Exhibition History"Civil War Photographs from the David L. Hack Collection and Civil War Redux: Pinhole Photographs by Willie Anne Wright," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, February 3 - October 29, 2006; Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington, NC, February 15 - May 28, 2007; Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, July 26 - September 21, 2008