African American soldier on crutches greets another disabled soldier
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812472
Item data
Title
African American soldier on crutches greets another disabled soldier
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
African-American Cartoons
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1865-04
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AFRA-Car
Subjects
African Americans
African Americans -- Men -- 1860-1869
Men -- United States -- 1860-1869
Soldiers -- American -- United States -- 1860-1869
Crutches -- 1860-1869
Disabled veterans
Shaking hands
Race relations
Genres
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "A man knows a man." "Give me your hand, Comrade! We have each lost a Leg for the good cause ; but, thank God, we never lost Heart."
Source Note: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. (New York : Harper' s Weekly Co., 1857-1916).
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 13 x 12 cm. (5 x 4 3/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17625804
Barcode: 33333159329313
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a2ccb470-c52e-012f-0d80-58d385a7bc34
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1865-04
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