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- GLC#
- GLC05111.02.0979-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- circa 1861-1865
- Title
- Live bald eagle at rest on a perch
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 carte de visite Height: 10.3 cm, Width: 6.1 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Photographers imprint on verso: "1776 The Centennial Photograph 1876 of 'Old Abe,' the Live Wisconsin War Eagle. Agricultural Hall, (International Exposition,) Philadelphia, 1876. Executive Office, Madison, Wis., Geb'y 8, 1876. I hereby certify that this picture is a correct likeness of 'Old Abe' the Live War Eagle, carried for three years by the 8th Wisconsin Reg't in the War of the Rebellion. H. Snompton [?] Governor. Sold with the Eagle's History, By J. O. Barrett, Agricultural Building, Centennial Grounds, for the 'Old Abe Museum of Ornithology.' Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1876 by W. W. Barrett, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C."
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