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Languages : en
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See 04.0012 in the Object collection for more details about this collection.
Scrapbook 1: Contains Patriotic Envelopes and Postcards Relating to the Civil War. Includes a Number of Cartoon Cards
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Languages : en
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See 04.0012 in the Object collection for more details about this collection.
Scrapbook 2: Contains Patriotic Envelopes and Postcards Relating to the Civil War. Includes a Number of Cartoon Cards
Author: Civil War Reminders: Disbound Scrapbook of Postcards, Clippings, and Newspaper Articles Relating to the Civil War and Personalities
Author: A Collection of "war" Envelopes Issued During the Civil War
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A collection of printed envelopes issued during the Civil War, most in support of the Union, mounted onto thick card leaves of a large scrapbook album. Many contain political caricatures, portraits of generals and historical figures, and embelms of the United States government and Union Army. Only 33 of 44 leaves are used.
Scrapbook of Envelopes
Author: Rush Christopher HawkinsPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
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Book Description
Patriotic Postal Covers from the Civil War Era Featuring Various Caricatures
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Category : Agricultural implements
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of twenty-seven Union postal covers with caricatures, depicting various themes related to the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. Envelope [1]: A man in a hat and long coat, a soldier turned hobo, holds a bottle in his right hand and a sack on the end of a can in his left hand; a tag hangs from his hat. Caption below the image reads: "An officer in King Cotton's army addressing his constituents." Image is printed in red ink. Envelope [2]: A pair of glasses depicting the capture and death of Jefferson Davis. The left lens contains a scene of Jefferson Davis arriving in Washington, D.C. under arrest, while the right lens depicts him hanging from the gallows. The scene is titled: "A pair of spectacles. J.D. Arrives in Washington from the 'Sunny South.' J.D. departs from Washington for a warmer climate." Image is printed in black ink. Envelope [3]: General Henry A. Wise blows through a tube into a device while McClellan looks on with a drawn word. The caption reads: "A Blower. Gen. McClellan--I say, Wise, put that thing up; everybody knows you're a good blower, but you can't fight!" Imprint of S.C. Upham, 310 Chestnut St. Image is printed in blue ink. Envelope [4]: A Southern gentleman wearing a straw hat points a revolver at a well-dressed Englishman. The Southern gentleman holds a cat o'nine tails in the crook of his left arm, as does a second Southern gentleman in the background overseeing enslaved persons. Also in the background are a Confederate flag, a palmetto tree, and a bale of cotton. The caption reads: "A new way to pay old debts, practiced by the 'Southern chivalery.'" Imprint of D. Murphy's Son, Print. 65 Fulton & Pearl Street, N.Y. Image is printed in red and blue ink. Envelope [5]: A Confederate soldier with a whip, bottle of rum, sword and Confederate flag. The caption reads: "A member of the C.S.A. alligator rangers, who is to make 5 of the "Northern mudsils" run." We don't see it. Imprint of D. Murphy's Son, Print. 65 Fulton & Pearl-Sts, N.Y. printed vertically to left of image. Image is printed in black ink. Envelope [6]: A well-dressed man turns a spinning wheel with the words "Hemps for traitors, North or South" written on it. To his left is a field of grain and to his right is a gallows. The words "Agriculture," "Manufactures," and "Fine Arts" are written below the grain, the man, and the gallows, respectively. Imprint of J. Nash printed in very fine type below the image. Image is printed in black ink on gold cover. Envelope [7]: A farmer wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat with a sword attached to his belt. He carries a rifle and drags a cannon. The caption reads: "Agricultural implements going South." Image is printed in black ink on cream cover. Envelope [8]: Children dressed in finery gather around a witch with a pointy hat, cloak, and cane. The caption read: "Commissioners of C.S.A. at the foreign courts." The image is printed in red ink. Envelope [9]: A heavy-set woman wearing bonnet and apron dress, one hand on her hip and the other extended. The caption read: "Did'nt I tell you so? Jeff. Davis." The image is printed in red ink. Envelope [10]: Two groups of troops are marching along railroad tracks. Above each is a bubble with the caption "Only 9 miles to the junction." The second bubble is missing the "l" in "only" as printed. The caption below reads: "Dedicated to the 71st Regiment and the Rhode Island boys." Imprint printed vertically to the left of image, John H. Tingley, 154(1/2) Fulton St., N.Y. Image is printed in blue ink. Envelope [11]: "Death to Traitors" printed on the top of the envelope and along its entire length. Each letter is composed of images such as a lynching, gallows, guns, soldiers, and flags. In the background are several tents and more soldiers. Imprint of E. Cogan, 48 N. Tenth Street, Philadelphia on flap. Image is printed in black ink. Envelope [12]: Jefferson Davis hanging from a noose, Zouaves standing at attention with bayonets next to a large Union flag. "Jeff. Davis" above his head. The caption reads: "Fate of Traitors!" Image is printed in red and blue ink.
Los Angeles Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Los Angeles magazine is a regional magazine of national stature. Our combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design covers the people, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, and news that define Southern California. Started in the spring of 1961, Los Angeles magazine has been addressing the needs and interests of our region for 48 years. The magazine continues to be the definitive resource for an affluent population that is intensely interested in a lifestyle that is uniquely Southern Californian.
Unbroken
Author: Laura HillenbrandPublisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812974492
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more. In boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when World War II began, the athlete became an airman, embarking on a journey that led to a doomed flight on a May afternoon in 1943. When his Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean, against all odds, Zamperini survived, adrift on a foundering life raft. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will. Appearing in paperback for the first time—with twenty arresting new photos and an extensive Q&A with the author—Unbroken is an unforgettable testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit, brought vividly to life by Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand. Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography and the Indies Choice Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year award “Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal “[A] one-in-a-billion story . . . designed to wrench from self-respecting critics all the blurby adjectives we normally try to avoid: It is amazing, unforgettable, gripping, harrowing, chilling, and inspiring.”—New York “Staggering . . . mesmerizing . . . Hillenbrand’s writing is so ferociously cinematic, the events she describes so incredible, you don’t dare take your eyes off the page.”—People “A meticulous, soaring and beautifully written account of an extraordinary life.”—The Washington Post “Ambitious and powerful . . . a startling narrative and an inspirational book.”—The New York Times Book Review “Magnificent . . . incredible . . . [Hillenbrand] has crafted another masterful blend of sports, history and overcoming terrific odds; this is biography taken to the nth degree, a chronicle of a remarkable life lived through extraordinary times.”—The Dallas Morning News “An astonishing testament to the superhuman power of tenacity.”—Entertainment Weekly “A tale of triumph and redemption . . . astonishingly detailed.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “[A] masterfully told true story . . . nothing less than a marvel.”—Washingtonian “[Hillenbrand tells this] story with cool elegance but at a thrilling sprinter’s pace.”—Time “Hillenbrand [is] one of our best writers of narrative history. You don’t have to be a sports fan or a war-history buff to devour this book—you just have to love great storytelling.”—Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
One of Ours
Author: Willa CatherPublisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Claude Wheeler is a young man who was born after the American frontier has vanished. The son of a successful farmer and an intensely pious mother, Wheeler is guaranteed a comfortable livelihood. Nevertheless, Wheeler views himself as a victim of his father's success and his own inexplicable malaise.Thus, devoid of parental and spousal love, Wheeler finds a new purpose to his life in France, a faraway country that only existed for him in maps before the First World War. Will Wheeler ever succeed in his new goal? The novel is inspired from real-life events and also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1923.
Love in the Time of Cholera (Illustrated Edition)
Author: Gabriel García MárquezPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593310853
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
A beautifully packaged edition of one of García Márquez's most beloved novels, with never-before-seen color illustrations by the Chilean artist Luisa Rivera and an interior design created by the author's son, Gonzalo García Barcha. In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs—yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.