To Cure Rebellion. To Cure Rebellion. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/4 in. Bomb with a lit fuse. Cream envelope with black ink. Image on left side. Printed above image: 'TO CURE REBELLION.' Printed below image: 'This is the Pill that will Cure or Kill.' View Item
Our compromise for Traitors. Our compromise for Traitors. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Waving American flag with circular star pattern. Smoking cannon, to indicate it's just been fired below the flag. Yellow envelope with red and blue ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'Our Compromise For Traitors. / Anderson & Colt's, Cathartic PILLS.' View Item
Weighed, and found wanting. Weighed, and found wanting. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Omnipotent eye in the sky and disembodied hand holding scales. Scales have skull on crossbones on lighter side and the battle-axe of the Union on the heavier side. White envelope with brown ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: Weighed, and found wanting.' View Item
On the last 'platform' of the Southern Confeder-ass-y. On the last 'platform' of the Southern Confeder-ass-y. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Jefferson Davis hanging by a noose. White envelope with black ink. Image covers sheet. Printed above image: 'JEFF. DAVIS, / 'President' of Traitors, Robbers, and Pirates; the Nero / of the 19th Century.' Printed below image: 'ON THE LAST 'PLATFORM' / OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDER-ASS-Y / 'ROPE, BEAM & CO,' EXECUTORS.' View Item
The Washington grape. The Washington grape. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. A fox with a blue coat labeled 'J.D.' and a confederate flag tail looks hungrily at a bunch of grapes hanging from an arbor. A wall stands in front of the fox, with bayonets at the top. White envelope with black ink and applied color. Image on left. Printed at top of image: 'THE WASHINGTON GRAPE.' View Item
The Union game cock and secession shanghae. The Union game cock and secession shanghae. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. A rooster, standing beside the American flag, and a hen, standing beside a flag bearing skull and crossbones, face each other across a river. The Capitol building is visible far in the distance. White envelope with colored ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'The Union Game Cock and / Secession Shanghae.' Printed vertically at left of image: 'D. Murphy's Son, Print. 65 Fulton & 372 Pearl Sts. N. Y. View Item
Young America preparing a 'Hasty Plate of Soup' for Gen. Scott. Young America preparing a 'Hasty Plate of Soup' for Gen. Scott. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Turtles and other animals are slaughtered by 'Young America.' Cream envelope with red ink. Image on left side. Printed above image: 'YOUNG AMERICA preparing a 'Hasty Plate of Soup' / for Gen. SCOTT.' Printed below image are the names of those figures that appear in the image, in order and place of appearance: 'Floyd. Wise. Wigfall. European Carrion Birds. / Davis. Beauregard. Spectators-F. F. V's. Letcher. Jackson. View Item
'The Secession Wolf.' 'The Secession Wolf.' Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Wolf in a suit kneels before Little Red Riding Hood, who is holding the American flag. Yellow envelope with blue ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'THE SECESSION WOLF' offering to lead / Kentucky, 'Or any other State,' out of / the Union. 'That's what's the matter. / Published by Jas. Gates, Cincinnati.' View Item
The End of Rebellion-a painful Tail. The End of Rebellion-a painful Tail. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Scissors labeled 'UNION SHEARS' cutting off the tail of the animal labeled Secession while 'SECESSION' is jumping out of an open window. A hand holds the severed tail. White envelope with brown ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'The END of Rebellion - a pain- / ful TAIL.' Printed vertically at left of image: 'D. Murphy's Son, Print. 65 Fulton & 372 Pearl-sts. N. Y.' View Item
Secession powder for rats. Secession powder for rats. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Two rats, 'MANCHESTER RAT' and 'PARIS RAT' gnawing at a cotton bale. White envelope with brown ink. Image in top left corner. View Item
Root or Die. Root or Die. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Pig with saddle holding American flag and 'ROOT OR DIE' written across it's side, pushing away the 'SECESSION' rock. White envelope with red and blue ink. Image on left side. Printed at bottom of image: 'UNION.' View Item
In Memory of the S.C. In Memory of the S.C. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Serpent wrapping itself around a hangman's galley with a noose attached. An American flag also is wrapped around the galley as well. White envelope with blue and red ink. Image on left side. Printed below image: 'Upham, 310 Chestnut St. Phila.' View Item
Spirit of the North. Spirit of the North. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. A lion in a field. White envelope with green and yellow ink. Image in top left corner. Printed below image: 'Spirit of the North.' Printed below image: 'Justice shall be done, and our / beloved country blessed by the ex- / pulsion of secession villains and / politicians.' View Item
The Hercules of 1861. The Hercules of 1861. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. A General, likely Ulysses S. Grant, swings a club labeled 'UNION' in defense against a many-headed serpent labeled 'SECESSION.' The serpent's heads are: Floyd, Pickens, Beauregard, Twiggs, Davis, Stephens, and Toombs. White envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'THE HERCULES OF 1861.' View Item
Free speech at the South. Free speech at the South. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. A nude female crouches and covers her head with her arms to protect herself from a snake, labeled 'secession,' that entwines her body, rising over her with a hissing open mouth. Envelope of orange paper with black ink. Image on left. Printed below image: 'Free Speech at the South.' View Item
Hornet's nest. Hornet's nest. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Hornets nest in tree branches. White envelope with black ink. Image on top-left. Printed below image: 'HORNET'S NEST. / What Davis got on when he left the Union.' View Item
I wonder if the coast is clear? I wonder if the coast is clear? Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Cats wearing military hats and epaulettes sit on bails of cotton in a blockaded harbor. They kill rats which are labeled 'PRIZES.' White envelope with black ink. Image on left. Printed at bottom-left corner of image: 'I WONDER IF THE COAST IS CLEAR? / COPYRIGHT SECURED BY BERLIN & JONES 134 ST. N. Y.' View Item
[Eagle in flight with American flag and olive branch clasped in claws]. [Eagle in flight with American flag and olive branch clasped in claws]. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Eagle in flight with American flag and olive branch clasped in claws. White envelope with blue ink and applied color. Image in top-left. View Item
How our American eagle serves the secession rooster. How our American eagle serves the secession rooster. Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Eagle, standing on American flag, holding feathers (or a scalp) in his beak of a rooster labeled 'secession' who skulks away dripping blood. White envelope with colored ink. Image on top-left. Printed below image: 'How our American eagle serves the secession rooster.' View Item