Ephemera

This large class includes calendars, greeting cards, brochures, flyers and many other artifacts from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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James Harrison Wilson

Frank Garo

Card with portrait of Gen. James H. Wilson, USA, plus career information on reverse. Card #49 of a set of 50.
John Bell Hood

Frank Garo

Card with portrait of Gen. John B. Hood, CSA, plus career information on reverse. Card #13 of a set of 50.
Stephen Dill Lee

Frank Garo

Card with portrait of Gen. Stephen D. Lee, CSA, plus career information on reverse. Card #17 of a set of 50.
Gouverneur Kemble Warren

Frank Garo

Card with portrait of Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, USA, plus career information on reverse. Card #30 of a set of 50.
Joseph Hooker

Frank Garo

Card with portrait of Gen. Joseph Hooker, USA, plus career information on reverse. Card #34 of a set of 50.
William Joseph Hardee

Frank Garo

Card with portrait of Gen. William J. Hardee, CSA, plus career information on reverse. Card #9 of a set of 50.
Nathaniel Prentiss Banks

Frank Garo

Card with portrait of Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA, plus career information on reverse. Card #27 of a set of 50.
Ulysses Simpson Grant

Irvin McDowell

Card with portrait of Gen. U.S. Grant, USA, plus career information on reverse. Card #40 of a set of 50.
Don Carlos Buell

Frank Garo

Card with portrait of Gen. Don Carlos Buell, USA, plus career information on reverse. Card #28 of a set of 50.
George B. McClellan

Frank Garo

Card with portrait of Gen. George B. McClellan, USA, plus career information on reverse. Card #38 of a set of 50.
George Gordon Meade

Frank Garo

Card with portrait of Gen. George G. Meade, USA, plus career information on reverse. Card #41 of a set of 50.
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne

Frank Garo

Card with portrait of Gen. Patrick Ronryne Cleburne, CSA, plus career information on reverse. Card #4 of a set of 50. 9.
James Longstreet

Frank Garo

Card with portrait of Gen. James Longstreet, CSA, plus career information on reverse. Card #20 of a set of 50.
Edwin Vose Sumner

Frank Garo

Card with portrait of Gen. Edwin V. Sumner, USA, plus career information on reverse. Card #48 of a set of 50.
Fitz John Porter

Frank Garo

Card with portrait of Gen. Fitz John Porter, USA, plus career information on reverse. Card #44 of a set of 50.
Civil War USA; The Lincoln Times

Set of newspapers enclosed in a blue box. Also includes subscription notices from The Lincoln Times and three posters for the Providence City Hall 120th Anniversary. 1986, Civil War USA 1986 May-July, Civil War USA 1986 August-September, Civil War USA 1987 January, Civil War USA 1984 April 7, The Lincoln Times 1984 July, The Lincoln Times 1984 September-October, The Lincoln Times 1984 November-December, The Lincoln Times 1985 January-February, The Lincoln Times 1985 March-April, The Lincoln Times 1985 May-June, The Lincoln Times 1985 July-August, The Lincoln Times 1985 September-October, The Lincoln Times 1985 November-December, The Lincoln Times 1986 January-February, The Lincoln Times 1986 March-April, The Lincoln Times
Wade Hampton

Frank Garo

Card with portrait of Gen. Wade Hampton, CSA, plus career information on reverse. Card #8 of a set of 50.
John Wilkes Booth: 1863 Boston Museum Playbill for Othello

F. A. Searle

The playbill is for a 28 January 1863 performance of Shakespeare's Othello. The production took place at the Boston Museum and starred John Wilkes Booth, President Abraham Lincoln's assassin. The playbill is printed in black ink and on off-white paper.
Seal of North Carolina Plug Cut Tobacco Abraham Lincoln Cigarette Card

Cigarette card featuring a lithograph portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Advertisement for Seal of North Carolina Plug Cut Tobacco.
Abraham Lincoln Heroes of History Cigarette Card

Royal Little Cigars

Cigarette card depicting a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and a scene of Lincoln with his Cabinet.
Champion for Prize Envelope - Lincoln & Davis in 5 Rounds, 2nd Round

J. H. Tingley and T. S. Peirce

The pictorial envelope is from a set of five Civil War-era envelopes. The cartoon image depicts Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in boxing ring, with crowd of onlookers, who are commenting on the action. It is printed in black ink on an off-white envelope.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech November 19, 1863

Western Bank Note and Eng. Co.

The card is presumably a trade card distributed by the Western Bank Note & Eng. Co. It is an engraved card featuring a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and the text of the Gettysburg Address.
Champion for Prize Envelope - Lincoln & Davis in 5 Rounds, 4th Round

J. H. Tingley and T. S. Peirce

The pictorial envelope is from a set of five Civil War-era envelopes. The cartoon image depicts William Seward and Winfield Scott in boxing ring, where Abraham Lincoln has just defeated Jefferson Davis. It is printed in black ink on an off-white envelope.
Champion for Prize Envelope - Lincoln & Davis in 5 Rounds, 3rd Round

J. H. Tingley and T. S. Peirce

The pictorial envelope is from a set of five Civil War-era envelopes. The cartoon image depicts Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis in boxing ring, with crowd of onlookers, who are commenting on the action. It is printed in black ink on an off-white envelope.
Champion for Prize Envelope - Lincoln & Davis in 5 Rounds, 5th Round

J. H. Tingley and T. S. Peirce

The pictorial envelope is from a set of five Civil War-era envelopes. The cartoon image depicts Abraham Lincoln standing before pyramid of states, surrounded by a "Champion Belt" after having defeated Jefferson Davis in a prize fight. It is printed in black ink on an off-white envelope.