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Image: "Old Abe" (Illustration of an American Eagle on a shield)

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Description: Image of eagle roosting on an image of a shield with stars and stripes. Description of image and explanation of purpose. These cartes de viste were sold for the benefit of the 1865 Great Sanitary Fair in Chicago. Old Abe was an eagle mascot carried by the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, which belonged to the Iron Brigade. Title: "Old Abe" (Illustration of an American Eagle on a shield).
Title: "Old Abe" (Illustration of an American Eagle on a shield)
Credit: Missouri History Museum URL: http://images.mohistory.org/image/0D9FF7F5-A6E3-9BCF-1FAC-5B1752650862//original.jpg Gallery: http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/158743
Author: Dunlop, Sewell, and Spalding Chicago
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