Image of Union soldiers and a marching band parading down a street lined with people and buildings as American flags wave during the American Civil War in an advertising poster for the play "Gettysburg." Date supplied by cataloger based on copy held by Library of Congress.
The poster measures 6 ft. 11 in. x 13 ft. 4 in. and is comprised of twelve sheets, each sheet measuring approximately 29 in. x 42 in. The sheets are positioned four across and three down, and are assigned accession numbers from upper left to lower right.
"Calhoun Show Print Hartford Ct."--text, bottom right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 wood engraving : color printed ; overall 210.82 x 406.4 cm (83 x 160 in.)
Flags--Pictorial works Military bands--Pictorial works Parades--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works Theatrical productions United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Intaglio prints--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Music and Theater The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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