Philadelphia City Guard recruitment poster
Philadelphia City Guard recruitment poster
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- Description
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Poster
- date made
- ca. 1863-1865
- associated date
- 1861 - 1865
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 5/8 in x 24 1/4 in; 9.2075 cm x 61.595 cm
- ID Number
- 1978.0010.14
- accession number
- 1978.0010
- catalog number
- 1978.0010.14
- 85361M
- subject
- Army
- Civil War
- recruitment
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Princeton Posters
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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