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Union mottoes. [graphic].
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Creator
C.Y. Haynes & Co.
Contributor
Provenance:: McAllister, John A., (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Title
Union mottoes. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia: C.Y. Haynes, maker, 30 S. 4th St.,
Date
[ca. 1862]
Extent
6 prints: wood engraving, color; 21 x 9 cm.(8.25 x 3.5 in.)
Description
Uncut sheets, including a half-sheet, of 24 letter and envelope labels containing patriotic slogans in support of the Union. Mottoes exalt death for one's country, the preservation of the union, the constitution, and the American flag as well as predictions of death and doom for traitors. Small number of labels also contain illustrations, including flags, a snake, and a gallows.
Notes
Created postfreeze.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies.
Genre
Wood engravings Color 1860-1870.
Labels Color 1860-1870.
Subject
Slogans.
Spatial coverage
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Is part of
Ream Wrappers and Specimen Sheets
Call number
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Stationery - Ephemera [5786.F.149b-e & 150b; P.2005.2.13]
Accession number
5786.F.149b-e
5786.F.150b
P.2005.2.13
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