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Directions for making the army woolen mitten of cloth

Description: Image of a pattern sheet with instructions, part of an effort by businesses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to help supply United States army soldiers with mittens early in the American Civil War; text and patriotic imagery of flags, the goddess Columbia, soldiers, George Washington, and an eagle with Union shield.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1861
Call number: priJLC_FASH_003728
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.

Military register : Company "A," 3d Reg't Massachusetts Cavalry

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Image of a military register for Company A of the 3rd Regiment of the Massachusetts Cavalry during the American Civil War; vignettes featuring the goddess Columbia with sword and shield upheld by the Constitution, the United States Capitol, American flags, American bald eagles, cherubs, columns, women, and soldiers with their families; names of company officers and soldiers at center, including lists of those who deserted, died, or were discharged, transferred, or killed in action.

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Military register : Troop "B," 1st New York Mounted Rifles

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Image of a military register for Troop B of the 1st Regiment of the New York Mounted Rifles during the American Civil War; vignettes featuring the goddess Columbia with sword and shield upheld by the Constitution, the United States Capitol, American flags, American bald eagles, cherubs, columns, women, and soldiers with their families; names of company officers and soldiers at center, including lists of those who deserted, died, or were discharged, transferred, or killed in action.

priJLC_MIL_000826

[Grand Army of the Republic blank military certificate]

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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

Military register : 1st New York Independent Veteran Battery

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Image of a military register with a list of military personnel framed by images of an American bald eagle with Union shield, flags, battle scene with charging cavalry soldiers on horseback, soldiers in camp, women waiting at home, and family scenes.

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Nicholas Selkirk

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Image of a military certificate honoring Nicholas Selkirk recording his tour of duty with the 6th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry regiment during the American Civil War; account of his duty handwritten in ink at the center of a shield decorated by patriotic and military emblems and medals; American bald eagle on Union shield, American flags, laurel and oak branches surround shield.

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Soldiers' memorial : Company K 36th Reg. Iowa Vol. Inf

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Image of a memorial military register certificate from the American Civil War with list of soldiers' names framed by a bald eagle with Union shield, American flags and scenes of battlefields, soldiers in camp, on watch, and reunions with family; photograph portrait card glued to print at top right.

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Directions for making the army woolen mitten of cloth

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