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Civil War recruiting poster

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1860s

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 171-180

GUSN

GUSN-199063

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Description

Poster showing the annual wage of a recruit in the 86th Regiment.

Details

Descriptive Terms

recruiting
posters
civil wars
prints (visual works)
posters

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR175OVR

Physical Description

1 print

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1933-04

Reference Code

GC002.02.175

Image Dimensions

27 x 47.5 (HxW)(inches)

Record Details

Material Type

prints (visual works)
posters

Subjects

Civil War

Accruals Note

Found in the back of a framed picture, April 1933

Restrictions

not good - discolored, torn, parts missing, linen backed for preservation

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 171-180

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