Image of a pattern sheet with instructions, part of an effort by businesses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to help supply United States army soldiers with mittens early in the American Civil War; text and patriotic imagery of flags, the goddess Columbia, soldiers, George Washington, and an eagle with Union shield. "We now have more than 500,000 Soldiers in the Field, Nearly all of whom should be supplied with Mittens at once. The Cloth Mitten has great advantages..."--text, center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : color printed ; overall 44.13 x 27.94 cm (17 3/8 x 11 in.)
Columbia (Symbolic character)--Pictorial works Eagles--Pictorial works Flags--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Washington, George, 1732-1799--Pictorial works Willcox & Gibbs E.W. Carryl & Co Intaglio prints--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Fashion Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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