Weekend event - the Civil War

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Civil War toys - Weekend Event

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Back when playing war was the thing to do

Civil War weekend (a few years before)

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weekend event...civil war....

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[Weekend Event] Capadura Se-Gars

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Yes, I’ve posted this one before. Promotional trading card from 1880 advertising Capadura Cigars featuring the likenesses of Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Butler and Ulysses S. Grant. Artwork by Puck artist Joseph Keppler.

[Weekend Event] Pioneer Prepared Paints/Liver Pills and Vermifuge

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Another promotional trading card, this one featuring the image of John Alexander Logan, veteran of the U.S. Civil War and “father of Memorial Day.” It advertises Pioneer Prepared Paints and “Dr. C. McLane’s Celebrated Liver Pills and Vermifuge.”

“Vermifuge”? Eeeewwww!

Famous adventures and prison escapes of the civil war

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