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Boys Playing Scott and Beauregard
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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.
1860
United States. Post Office Department
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