Old Abe (eagle) 2

Creator

Preview

Creation Date

1865

Description

A carte-de-visite card of "Old Abe"

It states on the back - The New Picture of the Eagle. / (From a Photograph taken in March, 1865.) / Album Portrait of "Old Abe," the Live / Eagle, which was carried through a three / years' campaign, and many battles, by the / 8th Wisconsin Regiment. / These pictures are sold for the benefit of / the Great Sanitary Fair in Chicago, which / opens May 30, 1865. Price 15 cents each. / Ten for one dollar. Nine dollars per hund- / red. Sent free of postage. / We are also preparing, for sale for the / benefit of the Fair, a complete and au- / thentic history of the Eagle, which will / be ready for delivery a week or two before / the Fair opens. / ADDRESS-ALFRED L. SEWELL. / Care of DUNLOP, SEWELL & SPALDING, Chicago, Ill.

Rights

The contents of the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum's Carte-de-Visite Collection are in public domain. Online access is meant for research and educational purposes. Preferred Citation: “Old Abe (eagle) 2”, Carte de Visite Collection. Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN.