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Some specimens of "Secesh" industry - intended for the London Exhibition of 1862, but unfortunately intercepted by the "Paper Blockade"

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Some specimens of "Secesh" industry - intended for the London Exhibition of 1862, but unfortunately intercepted by the "Paper Blockade"

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Images show: Goblet - made from a "Yankee's skull"; paperweight made from a "Yankee jaw bone"; reading desk made from a human skeleton; furs made from scalps and beards; necklace of "Yankee teeth"; head wreath of human teeth; cake basket made of human ribs; and bell handle made from bones of hand.
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 6, no. 284 (1862 June 7), p. 368.

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01/01/1862
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