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Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title "We fights mit Sigel" [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia?]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date [ca. 1862]
Physical Description 1 print: albumen on carte de visite mount; 10 x 6 cm.(4 x 2.5 in.)
Description Photographic reproduction of a caricature satirizing German-American involvement during the Civil War showing German-born military commander Franz Sigel. Shows Sigel with the body of a beer stein astride a charging horse depicted as a "Lager Beer" keg. Also shows soldiers depicted as beer mugs running beside Sigel.
Notes Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Subject Sigel, Franz, 1824-1902 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Military officers.
Beer.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel -- Union.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- German Americans.
Genre Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870.
Caricatures -- 1860-1870.
Reproductions -- 1860-1870.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdvs - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [P.2282.49]
Accession number P.2282.49

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