Philadelphia City Guard recruitment poster
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1863-1865
label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1865
notes: label: Description
content: Recruiting poster for the Company D in the Philadelphia City Guard, officially the 157th Pennsylvania Volunteers, for service during the American Civil War. The poster advises "Don't wait to be Drafted, but Volunteer and receive the Bounty!" and highlights a combined bounty of $152 and a new gum blanket to be issued to new recruits.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Army
label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: recruitment
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Princeton Posters
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0010.14
label: accession number
content: 1978.0010
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0010.14
label: catalog number
content: 85361M
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Poster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/8 in x 24 1/4 in; 9.2075 cm x 61.595 cm