File:"Old Abe" (Illustration of an American Eagle on a shield).jpg
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Summary
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English: Image of eagle roosting on an image of a shield with stars and stripes. Description of image and explanation of purpose. These cartes de viste were sold for the benefit of the 1865 Great Sanitary Fair in Chicago.
Old Abe was an eagle mascot carried by the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, which belonged to the Iron Brigade. Title: "Old Abe" (Illustration of an American Eagle on a shield). |
| Date | between 1861 and 1865 |
| Source |
Missouri History Museum URL: http://images.mohistory.org/image/0D9FF7F5-A6E3-9BCF-1FAC-5B1752650862//original.jpg Gallery: http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/158743 |
| Author | Dunlop, Sewell, and Spalding Chicago |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
UND - Copyright undetermined |
| Identifier | P0084-0478 |
| Part of | Groups |
| Subjects | Civil War, 1861-1865 Old Abe Eagles chromolithograph 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair (1864 : Saint Louis, Mo.) Mascots Iron Brigade Birds shield Armed Forces |
| Resource | 158743 |
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| current | 15:02, 9 August 2017 | | 3,928 × 6,000 (3.86 MB) | Fæ | Missouri History Museum. "Old Abe" (Illustration of an American Eagle on a shield). #25.1 of 2574 |
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