"If any one attempts to haul down the American Flag, shoot him on the spot."
Photograph
Taylor & Huntington
American
"If any one attempts to haul down the American Flag, shoot him on the spot."
From The War for the Union 1861–1865
ca. 1863
Albumen silver print, printed ca. 1885
Image (each): 3 1/4 × 3 1/8 in. (8.2 × 8 cm)
Mount: 4 × 7 in. (10.2 × 17.8 cm)
Museum accession
1981.5971.0019
Inscriptions printed in black ink on mount recto, LC: 1861 / The War For the Union. / 1865 [sideways along edge]
printed in black ink on mount recto, BR: 3763. "If any one attempts to haul down the American \ Flag, shoot him on the spot."\ [FOR DESCRIPTION OF THIS VIEW SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD.]
printed in black ink on mount recto, RC: 3763. "If any one attempts to haul down the American \ Flag, shoot him on the spot." \ This is a photograph of the famous letter written by Gen. Dix, \ which contains his celebrated order as above quoted. \ 1861 / Photographic War History. 1865 [sideways along edge]
printed in black ink on mount verso, LC: 1861—PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY.—1865 \ This series of pictures are ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS taken [...] [sideways]
printed in black ink on mount recto, BR: 3763. "If any one attempts to haul down the American \ Flag, shoot him on the spot."\ [FOR DESCRIPTION OF THIS VIEW SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD.]
printed in black ink on mount recto, RC: 3763. "If any one attempts to haul down the American \ Flag, shoot him on the spot." \ This is a photograph of the famous letter written by Gen. Dix, \ which contains his celebrated order as above quoted. \ 1861 / Photographic War History. 1865 [sideways along edge]
printed in black ink on mount verso, LC: 1861—PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY.—1865 \ This series of pictures are ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS taken [...] [sideways]
