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NEW YORK HERALD FRONT PAGE - APRIL 15, 1865

NEW YORK HERALD FRONT PAGE - APRIL 15, 1865

Measuring 16” x 21.75.  In period wooden frame, w/gilt inner trim. Mounted on white card  22.25 x 28.25. With wooden reverse backing and hang-wire. This front page is from the 8:10 Am… (490-6359). Learn More »

$150.00
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WASHINGTON MONUMENT MADE OF MACERATED GREENBACKS

WASHINGTON MONUMENT MADE OF MACERATED GREENBACKS

Souvenirs molded from macerated U.S. currency were popular among tourists in Washington, D.C., from about 1875 into the 1920s. This is a miniature Washington Monument showing lots of tiny flecks of… (1202-145). Learn More »

LIBERTY BELL MADE OF MACERATED GREENBACKS

LIBERTY BELL MADE OF MACERATED GREENBACKS

This is a miniature Liberty Bell with a label having some minor losses on the edges but clearly reading: “Made of U.S. National Greenbacks / redeemed and macerated at the U.S. / Estimated $1,000.… (1202-144). Learn More »

WASHINGTON BUST MADE OF MACERATED GREENBACKS

WASHINGTON BUST MADE OF MACERATED GREENBACKS

Souvenirs molded from macerated U.S. currency were popular among tourists in Washington, D.C., from about 1875 into the 1920s. This is a small portrait bust of Washington still showing some bits of… (1202-143). Learn More »

LINCOLN STOVEPIPE HAT OF MACERATED U.S. GREENBACKS BY O. DUKE

LINCOLN STOVEPIPE HAT OF MACERATED U.S. GREENBACKS BY O. DUKE

This portrait bust of Lincoln was molded from macerated U.S. currency, a popular genre of souvenir among tourists of Washington, D.C., from about 1875 into the 1920s, who might be impressed by the… (1202-138). Learn More »

LINCOLN STOVEPIPE HAT OF MACERATED U.S. CURRENCY BY O. DUKE

LINCOLN STOVEPIPE HAT OF MACERATED U.S. CURRENCY BY O. DUKE

Souvenirs made of macerated U.S. currency were popular among tourists of  Washington, D.C., from about 1875 into the 1920s. This is a top hat molded with the relatively straight sides of the… (1202-140). Learn More »

 LINCOLN OR UNCLE SAM TOP HAT OF MACERATED GREENBACKS- NAMED MAKER

LINCOLN OR UNCLE SAM TOP HAT OF MACERATED GREENBACKS- NAMED MAKER

This is a miniature top hat molded from macerated U.S. currency, a genre of tourist souvenir popular in Washington, D.C., from about 1875 into the 1920s. The hat has a bit of a flare to it, so it may… (1202-139). Learn More »

EXQUISITELY BEAUTIFUL LARGE 1862 DATED PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN UNION LIEUTENANT COLONEL

EXQUISITELY BEAUTIFUL LARGE 1862 DATED PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN UNION LIEUTENANT COLONEL

This fantastic painting is oil on canvas and meas. approx. 35.00 x 39.00 inches framed. The subject is an unknown Union lieutenant colonel from the Philadelphia area. He wears a dark blue… (L15593). Learn More »

$2,500.00
Originally $5,000.00

G.A.R. HAT OF MACERATED U.S. CURRENCY

G.A.R. HAT OF MACERATED U.S. CURRENCY

This is a miniature G.A.R. uniform dress hat made in a two-part mold from macerated U.S. currency, a genre of tourist souvenir popular in Washington, D.C., from about 1875 into the 1920s. The hat… (1202-141). Learn More »

U.C.V. HAT OF MACERATED U.S. CURRENCY

U.C.V. HAT OF MACERATED U.S. CURRENCY

This miniature brimmed hat was made in a two-part mold from macerated U.S. currency, a genre of tourist souvenir popular in Washington, D.C., from about 1875 into the 1920s. The hat still shows some… (1202-142). Learn More »

LINCOLN PROFILE BUST OF MACERATED GREENBACKS

LINCOLN PROFILE BUST OF MACERATED GREENBACKS

Souvenirs molded from macerated U.S. currency were popular tourist souvenirs in Washington, D.C., from about 1875 into the 1920s. This is a profile bust portrait of Lincoln still showing bits of paper… (1202-137). Learn More »

MACERATED GREENBACKS BUST OF U.S. GRANT

MACERATED GREENBACKS BUST OF U.S. GRANT

Souvenirs molded from macerated U.S. currency were popular tourist souvenirs in Washington, D.C., from about 1875 into the 1920s. This is a small portrait bust of President Grant still showing some… (1202-136). Learn More »

THE PRESS—PHILADELPHIA, JULY 22, 1863. [GETTYSBURG CONTENT)

THE PRESS—PHILADELPHIA, JULY 22, 1863. [GETTYSBURG CONTENT)

Vol. 6.—No. 301. Four page, 19” x 29, 8 columns. Exhibits fold marks, and 4” tear along upper margin vertical center fold, plus chipping at the extremities. Somewhat fragile. Else good &… (2023-1195). Learn More »

CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL NEWSPAPER, THE CARTRIDGE BOX—JULY 23, 1864

CIVIL WAR HOSPITAL NEWSPAPER, THE CARTRIDGE BOX—JULY 23, 1864

Vol. 1—No. 21. “Published at the U.S. Army General Hospital in York, PA, on Saturday each week.” 4 pp., 11.25” x 17.75. Exhibits fold-marks, and light chipping at the extremities. Else VG and… (2023-1232). Learn More »

$95.00
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FRIGATE USS CONSTITUTION V. HMS GUERRIERE!!  WAR OF 1812 NEWSPAPER — “WAR”: NEW YORK,  SEPTEMBER 19,  1812

FRIGATE USS CONSTITUTION V. HMS GUERRIERE!! WAR OF 1812 NEWSPAPER — “WAR”: NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 19, 1812

Vol. 1—No. 13. Masthead motto—“Let the Rallying word, through all the day, be “Liberty or death.” Published every Saturday morning, (for the editor) by B.S. Woodworth & Co.—“at $2… (236-819). Learn More »

UNION SOLDIER DIARY ID’D TO CORPORAL ALLEN SHULTES, CO. “D”, 91ST NEW YORK INFANTRY

UNION SOLDIER DIARY ID’D TO CORPORAL ALLEN SHULTES, CO. “D”, 91ST NEW YORK INFANTRY

Pocket Diary, 1865. Published by Willy Wallach, New York, 1865. Standard black leatherette pocket diary w/ flap, three daily entries per page. Owner inscription, eps, in pencil—“Allen Shultes Co.… (1179-458). Learn More »

$450.00
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SMALL FRAMED HANDRAWN LINCOLN SILHOUETTE

SMALL FRAMED HANDRAWN LINCOLN SILHOUETTE

A blank ink silhouette of Mr. Lincoln is framed in an oval by small ink drawn hash marks on what looks like parchment paper. The wooden black and gilt frame measures approximately 4.75 inches by 3.75… (490-6352). Learn More »

CHAIN BRIDGE PENCIL SKETCH

CHAIN BRIDGE PENCIL SKETCH

This is one two pencil sketches by the same hand showing scenes around Washington during the Civil War. Both were recently matted and framed, with the frame measuring 17 ¾” x 14 ¾” and the… (490-6211). Learn More »

CAMP LYON PENCIL SKETCH

CAMP LYON PENCIL SKETCH

This is one of two pencil sketches by the same hand and is titled at upper left “Camp Lyon,” a common designation in US records for Fort Lyon, laid out in September 1861 southwest of Alexandria,… (490-6210). Learn More »

FRAMED ETCHING: “BUTLER’S VICTIMS OF FORT ST. PHILIP” BY ADELBART VOLCK- “CONFEDERATE WAR ETCHINGS”

FRAMED ETCHING: “BUTLER’S VICTIMS OF FORT ST. PHILIP” BY ADELBART VOLCK- “CONFEDERATE WAR ETCHINGS”

This is a framed etching by Adelbart Volck, from his “Confederate War Etchings,” originally published in 1863, and has a notation at bottom of the page mount: “Butler at New Orleans,” though… (490-6205). Learn More »


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CIVIL WAR COMMERCIAL FORAGE CAP WITH MAINE BUTTONS AND ASSOCIATED INSIGNIA

Commercial caps were simply those purchased privately rather the issued by the government. They might more or less closely follow contract patterns with the purchaser able to suit his taste and wallet, though an enlisted man, seeking something nicer… (1052-139). Learn More »

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