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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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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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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 ...
Book or Pamphlet

Webeno Songs

Date: 1851
Description: Webeno Songs pictographs. Four rows of symbols including animals, human figures and plants.
Book or Pamphlet

Pictorial Record of a Chief's Success in Hunting and War

Date: 1851
Description: Pictorial record of a Chief's Success in Hunting and War displayed in pictographs. Two rows of symbols including animals, human figures and plants.
Book or Pamphlet

Synopsis of Indian Hieroglyphics

Date: 1851
Description: Synopsis of Indian Hieroglyphics. Pictographs 1-70, including birds, human figures, plants, animals and other symbols.
Book or Pamphlet

Synopsis of Indian Hieroglyphics

Date: 1851
Description: Synopsis of Indian Hieroglyphics. Pictographs 71-140, including birds, human figures, plants, animals and other symbols.

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