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Jay T. Last collection of military prints and ephemera
Series II. Military prints and ephemera (large size)
Subseries B. Other military (large size)
Spirit of '76

Visual Materials

Spirit of '76

Description: Image of three soldiers of the American Revolutionary War marching and playing drums and fife; soldiers with rifles, bayonets, and an American flag march with spirit behind the three musicians; wounded soldier on the ground next to a cannon raises his cap to the passing soldiers at bottom right.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1898
Call number: priJLC_MIL_001264
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.

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Associated people

Abbott, Nathan B., (1833-)

Bachelder, John B. (1825-1894.)

Bachmann, John, (active 1849-1885.)

Baillie, James S., (active 1838-1855.)

Baker, Joseph E., (approximately 1837-1914.)

Baum, C., (approximately 1824-)

Becker, O. (1826-1909.)

Beever, W. A. (1824-1891.)

Benecke, Theodore. (approximately 1816-)

Bien, Julius, (approximately 1823-1896.)

Bill, Henry, (1816-1886.)

Blatz, Henry. (1810-1870.)

Boell, William. (1823-1894.)

Boetticher, Otto, (1799-1857.)

Bohn, Casimir. (1837-1916.)

Brady, Mathew B., (1820-1910.)

Brown, Barzilai S. (1806-1877.)

Brown, E., (1802-1848.)

Bufford, John Henry, (1812-1895.)

Chapin, John Reuben, (1827-1885.)

Childs, J. (approximately 1790-)

Clay, Edward Williams, (-1906.)

Clarke, Wm. M. (active 1867-1868.)

Combe (1838-1894.)

Combe, Voltaire, (1823-1907.)

Dainty, John (1867-1949.)

Davis, W. W. H. (1831-1874.)

Day, Ward S. (1821-1902.)

De La Matyr, E. B. (approximately 1823-)

Donovan, John (1793-1880.)

Doolittle, H. S. (1844-1883.)

Eaton, Amos Beebe, (1830-1879.)

Endicott, George, (1821-1897.)

Eno, Henry C. (1812-1876.)

Fabronius, Dominique C. (1821-1910.)

Fenderich, Charles. (1798-1866.)

Feusier, A. (active 19th century.)

Fisher, Robert J., (1820 or 1821-1886.)

Fox, Stanley. (1841-1926.)

Fritsch, F. J. (-1850.)

Fuchs, F. (approximately 1826-)

Garland, Francis. (1833-1918.)

Gay, James D. (1804-1885.)

Gibson, John (1830-1906.)

Gurney, Jeremiah, (1843-1924.)

Heine, Wilhelm, (1834-1909.)

Hoffy, Alfred M., (1812-1897.)

Holland, R. (1826?-1879.)

Hopps, Harry R. (1846-1901.)

Joel, Joseph A., (active 1831-1856.)

Johnson, Chauncey A. (1830-1927.)

Jones, T. R. (1848-1930.)

Kelly, Thos., (1820-1897.)

Kemper, H. W. (1808-1896.)

Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, (1791-1862.)

King, C. Frank. (1808-1892.)

Knickerbocker, C. (1836-1918.)

Kramer, Peter, (approximately 1792-1859.)

Kugler, L. (1831-1898.)

Lipman, L.

Lyons, W.

Magee, John L.

Magnus, Charles.

Marshall, R. B.

Mathews, Alfred Edward,

McCallum, Andrew,

McCallum, J.

McElroy

McLean, A.

McRae, John,

Milmore, Martin,

Needham, Dwight.

Newman, F.

Noble, William Pinkney,

Ordway, Alfred,

Palmer, F.

Parsons, Charles,

Pendleton, John B.,

Perry, George T.

Phelps, Humphrey,

Poinsett, A.

Porter, Geo. W.

Pringle, J.

Pringle, James Fulton.

Queen, James Fuller,

Reed, Charles Wellington,

Robinson, Henry R.,

Roesler, J. Nep.,

Rosenthal, L. N.

Rosenthal, Max,

Russell, Benjamin,

Sartain, Samuel,

Sartain, William,

Schabelitz, C.

Schell, Francis H.,

Schell, Frederic B.

Schrader, Theodore,

Schroeder, H.

Schussele, Christian,

Schutz, J.

Schwamb, Chas. A.

Scott, Julian,

Sergeant, Robert W.

Smith, A. C.,

Smith, B. F.

Smith, William,

Soderholtz, E. E.

Stetfield, C.

Strong, Thomas W.

Swinton, Frederick J.

Thulstrup, Thure de,

Traubel, M. H.

Trochsler, A.

Walke, Henry,

Walter, C.

Weale, John,

Welcker, F.

Whiting, Daniel Powers,

Willard, Archibald M.,

Williams, Job T.,

Woods, Oliver Evans.

Yeager, Joseph,

Newell, John Perry,

Associated organizations

A. Brett & Co.

A. Brown & Co.

A. Hoen & Co.

American Lithographic Co.

B.B. Russell & Co.

Baker & Godwin.

Bingham & Dodd.

Boston Stereotype Foundry.

Breuker & Kessler Co.

Britton & Rey.

Bross & Co.

Burk & McFetridge.

Caldwell & Co. (New York, N.Y.)

Calhoun Printing Company.

Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.)

Clay, Cosack & Co.

Craig, Finley & Co.

Crow, Thomas & Eno.

Currier & Ives.

Daughaday & Becker.

E. Sachse & Co.

E.W. Smith & Co.

E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (Firm)

Easel Monument Association.

Edward Weber & Co.

Ehrgott & Forbriger.

Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co.

Endicott & Co. (New York, N.Y.)

F. A. Wenderoth & Co.

Feusier & Turberg.

G. & W. Endicott (Firm)

Geo. S. Harris & Son.

Geological Survey (U.S.)

Gibson & Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Goff & Bro.

Goupil & Cie.

H.H. Lloyd & Co.

H.S. Crocker & Co.

Harper & Brothers.

Haskell & Allen.

Hayes Lithographing Co.

Herline & Hensel.

Hilton & Co. (New York, N.Y.)

Historical Printing Society.

J.H. Bufford & Co.

J.H. Bufford's Lith.

J.H. Bufford's Sons Lith.

Jas. B. Rodgers Co.

Julius Bien & Co.

Keppler & Schwarzmann.

Keystone Publishing Co.

Kimmel & Forster.

King & Baird.

Kurz & Allison.

L. Johnson & Co.

L. Prang & Co.

L.H. Bradford & Co.

Lewis & Goodwin.

Lit. Armanino.

Matson & Co.

Mayer & Stetfield.

Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann.

Middleton, Strobridge & Co.

Milwaukee Lith. & Engr. Co.

Monumental Bronze Co.

Muller, Luchsinger & Co.

National Union Executive Committee (U.S.)

P.S. Duval & Co.

P.S. Duval & Son.

Pettibone Bros. Mfg. Co.

Recorder Co.

Risso Lith.

Sarony & Co.

Sarony & Major.

Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith.

Schroeder & Sanders.

Strobridge Lithographing Company.

T. Sinclair's Lith.

Taber Prang Art Co.

Theo. Leonhardt & Son.

Thomas & Eno.

Truth Co.

United States Military Register Co.

W. Endicott & Co.

W. Schuchman Lith.

Wagner & M'Guigan.

Werner Company.

Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas.

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