April Fools' Day; Broadsides; Emancipation Proclamation; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "On L-N's Proclamation of April 1st, 1863" from a song written "by a Marylander." This broadside expresses how many Marylanders sympathetic to the Confederate cause viewed "L-N's [Abraham Lincoln's...
United States. Navy. Hospital Corps; United States. Navy--Hospital ships; United States. Navy--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster in the "What the Navy is doing" series that is entitled "Samaritans afloat" and features photographs of crew members tending to the sick and wounded on the U.S. Navy hospital ship U.S.S. Mercy. Printed below each photograph is a...
United States. Coast Guard. Women's Reserve; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster by L. W. (Lester W.) Bentley (1908-1972) that shows an attractive young woman in a U.S. Coast Guard uniform with a lighthouse in the background and the words "The girl of the year is a SPAR" printed in the sky above. Printed below the...
