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| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Envelope depicts a Zouave camp with five soldiers relaxing around a campfire in front of a tent. A tree branch and a drum are in the foreground. The captio... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A man outfitted with shin guards over his boots and a basket on his head is carrying the basket lid as a shield in his left hand and a rifle in his right h... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A woman is washing clothes in a washtub. The caption below reads "My only support—both boys gone to the war. I wonder if they would take me?" Red ink on be... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A figure has two faces. Facing left a smiling (Union) face is saying "How about Washington?" Facing right a grumpy (Confederate) face is saying "Let me alo... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Jefferson Davis, seated on the floor, is blowing bubbles and General Winfield Scott, standing, is bursting them with his sword. The soap dish on a table in... |
| Date: | 08 27 1814 |
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| Description: | Newspaper article on the "Capture and Destruction of the Capital" relating information on the burning of Washington, D.C. on August 24, 1814. The city was ... |
| Date: | 02 13 1815 |
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| Description: | Newspaper article declaring peace between the United States and Great Britain at the end of the War of 1812. |
| Date: | 09 20 1814 |
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| Description: | First newspaper printing of "The Star Spangled Banner". Printed six days after the Battle of Fort McHenry, where Frances Scott Key wrote the poem that woul... |
| Date: | 11 24 1861 |
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| Description: | Letterhead of midshipman using a hammer for nailing the American flag to the mast, a symbol that they will not lower the flag in surrender. 4 page, folded,... |
| Date: | 10 10 1861 |
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| Description: | Letterhead of a Revolutionary War soldier standing and holding up the American flag in his right hand, and holding a rifle in his left hand. A plow is behi... |
| Date: | 11 21 1861 |
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| Description: | Letterhead of a Union General holding the American flag in his left hand and his sabre in his right. Text printed under the image reads: "Trust Our General... |
| Date: | 11 15 1861 |
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| Description: | Letterhead with a soldier standing guard with a rifle under his right arm. He is standing in front of a cannon, a stack of rifles, and a camp. The American... |
| Date: | 03 28 1862 |
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| Description: | Letterhead with a bald eagle carrying the American flag with its talons. The text above the eagle reads: "Union & Liberty." 4 page, folded, printed in red ... |
| Date: | 01 03 1863 |
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| Description: | Letterhead of a bald eagle perched on top of a drum and holding arrows in its talons. There is an olive branch on the ground next to loose cannon balls and... |
| Date: | 06 19 1862 |
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| Description: | Letterhead of a globe floating in the ocean. The text: "Our Country" is printed onto the globe. The American flag is flying from the top of the globe. Text... |
| Date: | 05 30 1861 |
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| Description: | Letterhead of two hands clasping in front of the American Constitution. The American flag, stars and a fasces are behind the constitution with bunting belo... |
| Date: | 01 29 1863 |
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| Description: | Letterhead for the Racine Advocate featuring a colored print of the American flag rising out of the clouds in front of the sun. The text above and b... |
| Date: | 11 18 1861 |
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| Description: | Letterhead with the 35 star American flag. Printed text below the flag reads: "These Colors never run." 4 page, folded, illustration printed in upper left... |
| Date: | 05 29 1899 |
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| Description: | Letterhead for O.C. Sveen & Bro., featuring an image of the American flag on the left. Text reads: "Office of O.C. Sveen & Bro., Dealers in General Merchan... |
| Date: | 05 18 1863 |
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| Description: | Letterhead with a wreath around the American shield. The text behind the shield, partially obscured, reads: "E Pluribus Unum." A banner hanging on the shie... |
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