New York State Soldiers' Depot, New York City: wash and bath room. Colour lithograph, 1864.

"The New York State Soldiers' Depot, located at nos. 50 and 52 Howard street, and No. 113 Mercer street, and established by the State Government as a temporary home or rest for furloughed and discharged soldiers, is now one of the most interesting and useful institutions in the city. It is based upon a fund of two hundred thousand dollars. appropriated by the State Legislature for the relief of soldiers of our own State, but its sphere of usefulness has been enlarged by the action of the National Government, from which it has received a liberal consideration in hospital stores, rations, and ambulance conveyance, on condition that its benefits should be extended to all soldiers in the service of the United States. The building comprises washing and bathing rooms. barber's shop, kitchen, and store rooms: receiving room, and dining hall; reading and lounging hall, office, ladies' reception room, and board room; dormitory and matrons' apartments; hospital, dispensary, and surgeons' apartments; upper dormitory, store rooms, laundry. and domestic offices. The building is fitted up appropriately for the purposes to which it is devoted, and is kept in perfect cleanliness and order. …"—Valentine op. cit. p. 165