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The dawn of freedom

Description: Image of goddess Columbia as an angel wrapped in an American flag holding a sword and carrying an Irish flag flying above workers and United States soldiers on foot and on horseback; ships in harbor in distance; portraits of two men, including Irish revolutionary Robert Emmet, in the sky near Columbia.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1865
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000815
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

General James A. Garfield

Visual Materials

Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Union General James A. Garfield with a sword on horseback in military uniform; soldiers mounted and on foot in background with an American flag.

priJLC_MIL_000786

Image of an advertisement for the Scribner's November 1896 issue featuring goddess Columbia holding a Union shield and American flag between portraits of James G. Blaine and Grover Cleveland; patterned banner with fringe in background.

priJLC_ART_004698

Golden sheaf bitters

Visual Materials

Image of the goddess Columbia with an American flag, bald eagle, and liberty cap at the center of an advertisement for Golden Sheaf Bitters; sheaves of grain and blank banners for text at left and right.

priJLC_MED_004466

Centennial brace : manufactured by the Nashawannuck Man'f'g Company

Visual Materials

Image of a group of people gathered from several nationalities; symbolic depiction of women representing Britannia (wearing a crown) and Columbia (who holds an olive branch) shake hands in the foreground as a woman riding an elephant, men riding camels, and several people in ethnic dress (including African American, Asian, and Indian costume) on foot carrying flags and banners look on in the background; lion holding flag with "N" for Nashawannuck Manufacturing Company with motto, "Trade mark. Labor omnia vincit." in small circular frame at bottom center.

priJLC_FASH_002955

Springfield, Mass. Fire & Marine Insurance Co

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for Springfield, Massachusetts, Fire & Marine Insurance Company; Columbia seated at center holding a draped American flag and a Union shield aloft an a sword and laurel crown in her other hand; globe, books, and American eagle flank her; burning city and ships at sea in background.

priJLC_FIN_002591

[Grand Army of the Republic blank military certificate]

Visual Materials

Image of a Grand Army of the Republic blank military certificate decorated with several vignettes depicting army and navy battle scenes, soldiers and sailors, and a pair of deathbed scenes; goddess Columbia with American eagle, Union shield, American flag, and laurel wreath at top center; G.A.R. badge with flag and wreath at bottom center.

priJLC_MIL_000848

The dawn of freedom

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