Mexican War Broadside
date: label: date made
content: 1846-12-17
label: associated date
content: 1846-1848
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Printed paper.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: Recruiting poster printed with "Volunteers for Mexico."
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Broadsides (single sheets of paper usually printed on one side) served as public announcements or advertisements soon after the beginning of printing. Originally issued primarily by governmental, religious, and political bodies, broadsides were later used for advertisements, programs, notices, ballad verses, elegies, and comments on contemporary events. They were read, handed out, or posted in prominent locations and were an inexpensive way to reach a wide audience. Broadsides are documents created for a specific purpose and usually discarded once that initial purpose is accomplished. Broadsides are an important resource for many disciplines because the images and slogans provide snapshots of the events, ideas, and attitudes of their era.
label: Description
content: During wartime one common use of the broadside format was for recruiting purposes. Broadsides are considered “ephemera,” that is, items were produced with no intention of preservation. Most were meant to be posted and then discarded when they had served their purpose. That is what makes so many broadsides rare, if not unique.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: Associated Place
content: Mexico: México
label: Associated Place
content: Mexico: México
topic: label: referenced
content: Mexicans
label: used
content: Mexican War
label: used
content: recruitment
label: related event
content: Mexican War
label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Princeton Posters
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content: ThinkFinity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0673.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0673
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0673.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: poster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 12 in; 38.1 cm x 30.48 cm