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The Loyal States. Maine. Union [graphic]

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Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. USM 017The Loyal States. Maine. Dated between 1861 and 1865. A patriotic Civil War envelope depicting a female, possibly Columbia, who holds the Union flag as she leans on a shield emblazoned with the state seal of Maine. The female rests her left foot atop the national flag of the Confederacy, which lies on the ground. Note: Title from item.
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Keywords

  1. American
  2. Art And The War
  3. Civil War
  4. Civil War, 1861 1865
  5. Columbia (Symbolic Character)
  6. Covers (Philately)
  7. Emblems, State
  8. Envelopes (Stationery)
  9. Flags
  10. History
  11. Maine In Art
  12. Patriotic Envelopes
  13. United States

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