Boys Playing Scott and Beauregard | Print | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Boys Playing Scott and Beauregard

Boys Playing Scott and Beauregard | Print | Wisconsin Historical Society
An aunt, Mary, finds two boys, Johnny and Joe, fighting. One boy is an obvious loser.
The text below reads:
"Mary. Why, Johnny, what have you been doing?
Johnny Oh, nothing, Aunt Mary! Joe and I
were playing Scott and Beauregard, and I was
Beauregard-that's all!"
Names refer to Union General Winfield Scott and Confederate General G. T. Beauregard. Blue ink on beige envelope, image on left side
Image printed on envelope, mounted on various colored pages and collected in an album.
DESCRIPTION
An aunt, Mary, finds two boys, Johnny and Joe, fighting. One boy is an obvious loser. The text below reads: "Mary. Why, Johnny, what have you been doing? Johnny Oh, nothing, Aunt Mary! Joe and I were playing Scott and Beauregard, and I was Beauregard-that's all!" Names refer to Union General Winfield Scott and Confederate General G. T. Beauregard. Blue ink on beige envelope, image on left side Image printed on envelope, mounted on various colored pages and collected in an album.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:76346
Creation Date:after 1860
Creator Name:Upham, Samuel Curtis, 310 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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County:
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Collection Name:Civil War illustrated envelopes, 1861-1865
Genre:Print
Original Format Type:prints, fine-art
Original Format Number:PH 2630, box #2, page 42
Original Dimensions:5.4375 x 3.1875 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Envelopes printed during Civil War depicting mostly pro-Union and anti-Confederate themes
SUBJECTS
Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing and dress
Dresses
Hats
Ephemera
Civil War, 1861-1865
Officers
Children
Women
Youth
Americana
Boxing

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