Eleventh annual fair of the Illinois State Agricultural Soc'y will be held at Decatur! : Commencing on Monday, Sept. 28th, 1863, and continuing for six days. 1863. 1863. The fair grounds are unexcelled for beauty & convenience, and contain four large spri
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Eleventh annual fair of the Illinois State Agricultural Soc'y will be held at Decatur! Commencing on Monday, Sept. 28th, 1863, and continuing for six days. 1863. 1863. The fair grounds are unexcelled for beauty & convenience, and contain four large springs of pure water
Description
Printed in green, red, blue, and black., The illustration is an eagle, with the banner: State sovereignty & national union!, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Library Company copy mutilated at foot, removing some text and any existing imprint., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Illinois State Agricultural Society
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 5# Am 1863 Illinois (3)5777.F.66 (McAllister)
Gen. Hooker the mammoth ox : will arrive in Phila. Saturday, the 27th inst., to be on exhibition at [blank] General Hooker is ahead of the world for size and beauty. The general was bred in Ohio and fed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania He weighs between
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Gen. Hooker the mammoth ox will arrive in Phila. Saturday, the 27th inst., to be on exhibition at [blank] General Hooker is ahead of the world for size and beauty. The general was bred in Ohio and fed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania He weighs between 3700 & 3800 lbs. He is owned by the undersigned. Admittance, 20 cents. Ladies, free
Description
Myers & Moore are listed in the 1860 Philadelphia directory; "Fighting Joe" Hooker was promoted Brigadier General at the outset of the Civil War., Printed on yellow paper., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Moore & Myers
Date
[1861?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1861 Moore (1)1322.F.279 (McAllister)
Emancipation Proclamation : Carpenter's great national picture, the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet! Painted on a canvas measuring 14 1/2 by 9 feet, and containing full length and life-size portraits of President Lincoln, Secretaries Seward,
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Emancipation Proclamation Carpenter's great national picture, the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet! Painted on a canvas measuring 14 1/2 by 9 feet, and containing full length and life-size portraits of President Lincoln, Secretaries Seward, Chase, Stanton, Welles, Smith, Postmaster-General Blair and Attorney General Bates, together with a faithful representation of the old Cabinet Council Chamber in the White House, now on exhibition at No. 1305 Chestnut Street. Admission, 30 cents
Description
The painting was unveiled July 22, 1864 at the White House., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Emancip (2)5786.F.105a (McAllister)
Mammoth ox "Pride of Livingston," : weighing the enormous weight of 3,602 lbs being the heaviest animal of this species on record, is now on exhibition, with other fine animals, &c., &c., at the building erected for the cattle show, on 15th St., adjacent
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Mammoth ox "Pride of Livingston," weighing the enormous weight of 3,602 lbs being the heaviest animal of this species on record, is now on exhibition, with other fine animals, &c., &c., at the building erected for the cattle show, on 15th St., adjacent to the machinery and ship-building departments of the Metropolitan Fair
Description
The Metropolitan Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission opened in New York in March 1864., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Metropolitan Fair (1864 : New York, N.Y.)
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1864 Metropol (6)5777.F.29c (McAllister)
The Mammoth cattle! Gen. G.B. McClellan and Garibaldi. : At the Western Exchange Hotel Yard, Fifteenth and Market Street, Philadelphia. The public are invited to call and examine the most extraordinary pair of cattle ever produced in this or any other con
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The Mammoth cattle! Gen. G.B. McClellan and Garibaldi At the Western Exchange Hotel Yard, Fifteenth and Market Street, Philadelphia. The public are invited to call and examine the most extraordinary pair of cattle ever produced in this or any other conntry [sic]. Gen. McClellan took the first prize at four successive state fairs in four states, viz: Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky, and is conceded to be the neatest and finest animal every before looked upon. The cattle will remain on exhibition during the present month. They will be slaughtered on or about the 1st of March, and their meat will be sold by A.R. Paul, at his stalls, Second Avenue, Western Market. The butchers selected to dress these cattle, are the following gentlemen: Jos. S. Lowry, Peter Riffert, Samuel S. Coggins, Wm. Myers
Description
The illustration shows a bull., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[between 1861 and 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1861 Mammoth (6)5777.F.3b (McAllister)
The Quaker gun, : now on exhibition, was brought from the Rebel works at Manassas, and wishing the public to witness the artillery used by the aforesaid Rebels, it will be exhibited for a few days only, a the old "Press" office, 417 Chestnut Street, betwe
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The Quaker gun now on exhibition, was brought from the Rebel works at Manassas, and wishing the public to witness the artillery used by the aforesaid Rebels, it will be exhibited for a few days only, a the old "Press" office, 417 Chestnut Street, between 4th and 5th Sts. Admission, 1 dime. Hours, from 9 A.M. to 8 P.M
Description
A "Quaker gun" is a wooden log, sometimes painted black to resemble the barrel of a cannon, placed to give the appearance of heavy artillery., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Image of the American Civil War.
Date
[1861?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1861 Quaker 5786.F.159c (McAllister)