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What will you do? Soldiers' Home Carnival, to be held in the Mechanic's Building, Boston

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1885

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 161-170

GUSN

GUSN-199025

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Description

This lithograph is a poster announcing Soldiers' Home Carnival for Civil War veterans. "For what he was and all he dared, remember him today." The Carnival commenced April 7, 1885.

Details

Descriptive Terms

veterans
carnivals (entertainment events)
prints (visual works)
lithographs
posters

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR166OVR

Physical Description

1 lithograph

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1948-06-11

Reference Code

GC002.02.166

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

22 x 28.5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift from Mrs. John P. Williams, June 11, 1928

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

prints (visual works)
lithographs
posters

Subjects

Civil War

Restrictions

discolored, dirty, large tear left hand side

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 161-170

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