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The Hercules of Labor Saving His Country

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Description: A political cartoon entitled "The Hercules of Labor saving his Country" depicting a man with a sword lopping the heads off a double-headed snake, which is ...
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Jeff. Davis in Suspense, Long May He Wave

Date: 1860
Description: Jefferson Davis hanging by a noose in a tree with a serpent wrapped around it. The "SOUTHERN EAGLE" is flying in the background. Captions below read: "JEFF...
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The Irrepressible Conflict

Date: 1860
Description: Federal (bald) eagle attacking a rattlesnake. The eagle has a Union flag in its left talons and a snake in its right, while biting the snake with its beak....
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Secession Emblems

Date: 1860
Description: A snake, a skull and an ostrich feather in a pile on the ground. The text above reads: "Vanity, Treachery & Death." Caption below reads: "SECESSION EMBLEMS...
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Unite Or Die

Date: 1860
Description: A snake with 15 segments, SC, Ca, Mi, Ala, N.C, Tex, De, Md, Va, Fla, Ark, Ten, Ke and Mo. A snake has the Confederate flag and a palm tree behind it. Bold...
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Scott's Extinguisher

Date: 1860
Description: General Scott holds a large cone decorated with the stars and stripes. Scott is saying: "I'LL BLOCK YOUR GAME." He is about to snuff out Jefferson Davis, w...
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Beware

Date: 1860
Description: The American Eagle is holding a banner with the word "BEWARE" on it in his beak. He is gripping a federal shield with a Union flag draped over it with his ...
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Uncle Sam's Recipe for Traitors

Date: 1861
Description: Uncle Sam holds a bottle labeled "DAVIS," with a figure of a man on it, as he stands with a snake labeled "SECESSION" under his left foot.
The caption b...
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Liberty or Death

Date: 1860
Description: A rattlesnake labeled "SECESSION," with an arrow through its neck, is in front of a federal shield. The shield is protecting the Constitution and the Holy ...
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The Confederate Coat of Arms

Date: 1860
Description: Crude parody of a coat of arms for the Confederacy. The border on the right, bottom and left is a rattlesnake. The top is a ribbon with the text "OH! "LET ...
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Union Man Fishing in Secession Pond

Date: 1860
Description: A man dressed in a blue jacket and light blue trousers fishes in a "SECESSION POND." He is sitting on the Union flag. His fishing line has a Union flag on ...
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Uncle Sam, General Winfield Scott and That Cussed Varmint

Date: 1860
Description: Uncle Sam and General Winfield Scott discuss what to do with a Secession snake. Uncle Sam sits in a chair which is tipped back and his foot is resting on a...
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Jeff and His Pet

Date: 1860
Description: Jefferson Davis, wearing his nightshirt with rumpled hair, is recoiling from a large snake. The snake's tongue is touching Davis' nose. A marsh appears in ...
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Happy Valentine's Day, With Love, To My Husband

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Description: Valentine's Day card with the theme of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. On a pink background, the serpent with an apple in his mouth appears in a tree f...
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Announcement to Farewell Party

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Description: Graphic design of a man lying in bed, with his arms out holding a liquor bottle in one hand and a half-filled glass in the other hand. There is an elongate...

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