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Subseries A. American Civil War (large size)

Description: The Jay T. Last collection of military prints and ephemera contains approximately 4,900 printed items from 1785 to 1966, with the majority of material dating from 1860 to 1900. The collection consists of prints depicting battle scenes, forts, camps, prisons, and military officers; advertising ephemera with military-related images, more than 3,000 Civil War-era patriotic envelopes, and over 100 Civil War-era song sheets. The collection has more than 400 large-size items comprised mainly of lithographic and engraved prints including printed illustrations of battlefields, certificates and contracts, and portraits of major military and political figures during wartime. Small-size items in the collection number almost 4,500 items and are comprised mainly of patriotic envelopes (also known as patriotic covers) from the American Civil War. Other stationery such as postcards and printed billheads and letterheads (with and without manuscript text) are found in this series, as well as advertising ephemera with military-related illustrations. The collection mainly includes prints and ephemera related to the American Civil War, both contemporaneous and commemorative in nature. The American Revolutionary War, the Mexican-American War, and the Spanish-American War are also represented. The images are primarily documentary or patriotic in nature and provide information about the American military, as well as the evolution of advertising strategies employed by businesses during periods of conflict in the 19th and early 20th centuries. As graphic materials, the items offer evidence of printmaking techniques and trends, as well as information about the artists, engravers, lithographers, printers, and publishers involved in the creative process.

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,

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