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- Newspaper; The Detroit Times Birthday Supplement and Grand Army Souvenir, published in 1891 and sold at a cost of 50 cents. The illustrated cover shows an American flag, several Civil War generals, the seal of the state of Michigan, and several men gathered around a camp fire. A quote printed on the cover at the bottom left reads "The only national debt we can never pay, is the debt of gratitude we owe our gallant volunteers, whose heroism, devotion, and self-sacrifice made freedom and self-government a reality, and preserved to use and our children an undivided country." The table of contents, listed on the first page, is as follows: Greeting (Cuts of Veazey, Alger, Dickinson, Pingree and Duffield) - 1 Beauty (two illustrations) - 2 The Sheik - 3 Moods - 7 A Letter to My Great Grandchild - 8 Apple Blossoms - 9 After Reading Keats - 9 Faint-Hearted (half-tone) - 10 A Dream of Venice (illustrated) - 11 A Rose Tryst - 11 Romance of Yorke Mackintosh - 12 The Man with the Musket - 13 The Visit (half-tone) - 14 Eccentricities of Genius - 14 Swipsey's Lady - 16 The Spirit of Song - 17 Bashfulness (half-tone) - 17 Verse - 18 Spottsylvania - A Union Victory - A Confederate Triumph - 19 Off for the Fishing Grounds (half-tone) - 20 This item is a duplicate of 1960.197.005
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- General History