| Title |
"Black drop" envelope |
| Publisher |
S.H. Zahm & Co. |
| Date |
1861-1865 |
| Physical description |
1 envelope; 8 x 14 cm. (3 x 3.5 in.) |
| Notes |
Image: A racist depiction of an African American man's head replaces the top of an eye dropper, which rests on a bottle labeled
"Black drop."
|
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Verse 50: A popular medicine used by the C.S.A. aristocracy, that cannot be obtained in any northern apothecary shop, being
com-pound-ed, exclusively on the sacred soil.
|
| Genre |
Patriotic envelopes 1860-1870 |
| Coverage |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Is part of |
Civil War Envelope Collection |
|
Civil War Envelope Collection |
| Has format |
TMP.objres.5366.jpg |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector |
| Identifier |
Caricatures - Blacks |
| Accession number |
Envelope C-BL-12 |
| Bibliographic citation |
William R. Weiss. The catalog of Union Civil War patriotic covers (Bethleham, Pa.: William R. Weiss, 1995). |
