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Bachelder, John B. [ink and water color. Terra cotta fountain of children]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02673.19 Author/Creator: Bachelder, John B. Place Written: s.l. Type: Sketch Date: no date 1876 Pagination: 1 art original : ink and water color ; 20.6 x 13.2 cm. Order a Copy

On verso is pasted-down newsclipping: "Old Abe" at the Centennial. Describing the famous war eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin, clipped from the Philadelphia Times.

Bachelder, John Badger, 1825-1894

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