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Creator McAllister & Brother.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title The great anaconda or creature of the woods [graphic]
Publisher Philadelphia: McAllister & Brother, opticians, 728 Chestnut Street
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date [ca. 1862]
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on carte de visite mount; 10 x 6 cm.(4 x 2.5 in.)
Description Photographic reproduction of a drawing showing Union Commander in Chief George McClellan, as an anaconda with its tail being pulled by a hand through a hole in a box. Refers to the unadopted Anaconda Plan initally proposed in 1861 by then Commander in Chief Winfield Scott and later interpreted by McClellan who became primarily associated with it. Plan involved blockades of Southern ports, a thrust down the Misssippi Valley, and a line of Federal strongholds.
Notes Publisher's imprint with advertising text printed on verso.
Manuscript note on verso: George B. McClellan.
Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1865 -- Caricatures & cartoons.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Genre Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location P.2006.1.10
Accession number Library Company of Philadelphia

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