Howard Rossen Collection 1861-1965

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Howard Rossen Collection 1861-1965

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This collection contains a broad range of subjects from 1861-1965 and includes cartes de visite of Union soldiers from the Civil War, probably from the Buckley Post No. 12, G. A. R., Akron, Ohio. Fourteen of these images are identified. Also included in this collection are stereoviews relating to the U.S.S. Maine including images of the ship, the wreck of the U.S.S. Maine, the ship's captain, and of the flag-draped caskets of the casualties. Also included in the collection is ephemera relating to World's Fairs held in the United States from 1893-1965. Among the ephemera are souvenir booklets and guides, railroad tickets, sheets of official letterhead stationary, souvenir views in a cloth bag, photographs, postcards, fair pass and bumper sticker.

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