Visual Materials

Jeff’s last skedaddle off to the last ditch

Description: Image of a political cartoon depicting a tearful Confederate President Jefferson Davis disguised in a dress and bonnet fleeing Union cavalry soldiers riding through a camp on horseback during the American Civil War; a woman (presumably his wife Varina Davis) wears hoop skirts, petticoat, and a corset without a dress as she tries to dissuade the soldiers riding into camp.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1865
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000938
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance

Jeff's last shift. Capture of Jeff. Davis, May 10th, 1865, at Irwinsville, GA

Visual Materials

Image of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, dressed in a bonnet and dress and wielding a Bowie knife, being captured by Union soldiers during the American Civil War; two Union soldiers point their guns at Davis while a third grabs Davis's arm; a woman (possibly his wife Varina Davis) raises her hands in alarm.

priJLC_MIL_003324

Jeff. Davis caught at last. Hoop skirts & southern chivalry

Visual Materials

Image of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, brandishing a knife dressed in women's clothing and a ruffled bonnet, being captured by Union soldiers during the American Civil War; one soldier points a rife at Davis while another lifts his skirt to reveal hoop skirts and boots with spurs; two women try to convince the Union soldiers that Davis is a harmless grandmother; text bubble captions above each person.

priJLC_MIL_003323

Don’t stop us: we are off to Moore & Burgess" minstrels

Visual Materials

Image of a caricature of a couple in blackface riding on a tandem bicycle in formal dress and large hats; date sheet for shows at Albert Hall in Nottingham, England, printed in top margin.

priJLC_ENT_000495

The "Bon-ton" corset. : manufactired only by the Worcester Corset Co

Visual Materials

Image of a woman being laced into her corset by a maid in front of a large mirror; maid wears a striped dress with lace and ribbon-trimmed sleeves, an apron, and a lace cap; lady wears a white underskirt, intricate corset which is being laced, chemise with a wide lace-trimmed neckline, a pendant on a ribbon around her neck, and a flower in her hair; "Bon-ton Corset" lettering is featured at top framed by flowers; narrow geometric border surrounds the image.

priJLC_FASH_001631

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