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American Inventors

Date: 1900
Description: Cigar box label with portraits of inventors Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Richard March Hoe. Around the edges are illustratio...
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President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America and Generals

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Description: Jefferson Davis, center, surrounded by, clockwise from the top: Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee, A.P. Hill, J.E.B. Stuart, Braxton Bragg, Joseph E. John...
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Ambrose Burnside

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Description: Waist-up engraved portrait of General Ambrose Burnside.
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Henry Wager Halleck

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Description: Engraved quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Henry Wager Halleck. In November 1861, President Lincoln appointed Halleck as a Major Gen...
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David Hunter

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Description: Engraved quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Major General David Hunter. David Hunter as promoted to Major General in August 1861 and was appointed ...
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Thomas F. Meagher

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Description: Engraved quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Brigadier General Thomas Francis Meagher, Commander of the Irish Brigade, which comprised of the 28th M...
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Gideon Welles

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Description: Engraved, full-length, seated portrait of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy from 1861-1869.
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Menu for the Forty-Ninth Annual Dinner of the American Paper and Pulp Association

Date: 02 25 1926
Description: Front cover and menu listing from the booklet printed for the Forty-ninth Annual Dinner of the American Paper and Pulp Association at the Waldorf Astoria H...
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Menu for L’Etoile Restaurant Thanksgiving Dinner at The Beard House

Date: 11 23 2006
Description: One-page menu for a five-course Thanksgiving dinner at The Beard House prepared by L’Etoile, with the restaurant logo and a background head and shoulders i...
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George Washington's Inauguration Centennial Celebration Souvenir Menu

Date: 04 30 1889
Description: Front cover and first two pages of the souvenir menu for the centennial of George Washington's inauguration at the Hotel Marlborough. The cover features a ...
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Lotos Club Dinner to General Nathan F. Twining Menu

Date: 05 21 1957
Description: Menu for a state dinner in honor of General Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. The front cove...

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