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Title
How are You! b---y.
Publisher
[S.l. : s.n.]
Date
[1861-1865?]
Description
Three men in uniform carry guns. The first and last men are the same height, and the middle man is much taller and thinner. "Hard tack" was a hard bread used by sailors and soldiers. "Jeff" refers to Jefferson Davis.
Notes
Text: No doubt you fare rough on salt beef and hard tack, / But that is much better than a ball in the back; / So march to the conflict o'er valley and hill, / And if you meet Jeff, just give him a pill.
Variant of Valentine 1.24.
Genre
Caricatures and cartoons.
Comic valentines.
Subject
American wit and humor.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Soldiers -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Stature -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Has format
TMP.objres.209.jpg
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Identifier
Comic Valentines, 5.9
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