Museum object · broadsides
Broadside for "Men of Color" Recruitment
1863
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Large three-sheet broadside promoting "Men of Color" to enlist in the Army; text printed in relief with carved wood type and cast letterpress/metal type. Text reads "MEN OF COLOR To Arms! To Arms!".
- Catalog date
- 1863
- Recorded places
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Military; U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865; United States Colored Troops
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2012.133
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection