icon for Home page
icon for Kid's Home page
icon for Digital Collection
icon for Activities
icon for Turns Exhibit
icon for In the Classroom
icon for Chronologies
icon for My Collection

Online Collection
Select a page:

Page 41
(c) Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield MA. All rights reserved.
Contact us for information about using this image.



label levels:

Although they did not originate with the Civil War, patriotic covers or envelopes became an extremely popular way of showing ones "true colors" during the war. Printing firms in the North and the South produced covers ranging from satires of enemy politicians and generals to tributes of heroism that represented the sentiments of both sides of the conflict. The examples seen here were collected in Chicago and Cambridge, Massachusetts, by C. Alice Baker.

 

top of page

Civil War Patriotic Covers or Envelopes

date   1861-1865
location   Chicago, Illinois/ Deerfield, Massachusetts
width   10.0"
height   14.5"
process/materials   printed paper, ink with manuscript
item type   Personal Documents/Album
accession #   #L00.042


Look Closer icon My Collection icon Detailed info icon


ecard icon Send an e-Postcard of this object



See Also...

Thank you letter from Mrs. Hooper to Miss Wilson for supplies for Civil War soldiers

"The Sweet Little Man."

"A Soldier's Dream"


button for Side by Side Viewingbutton for Glossarybutton for Printing Helpbutton for How to Read Old Documents

 

Home | Online Collection | Things To Do | Turns Exhibit | Classroom | Chronologies | My Collection
About This Site | Site Index | Site Search | Feedback