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![Officers of Co. [?], 153d New York Infantry](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvb2ZmaWNlcnMtb2YtY28tMTUzZC1uZXcteW9yay1pbmZhbnRyeS04NGJiNDMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/25/webp "Officers of Co. [?], 153d New York Infantry")
To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern know ye, that blank is a member in the Company under my command designated as blank Company in the blank Regiment New York State National Guard
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Print shows Columbia standing at top center holding a sword and an American flag, on her right are Union soldiers and on her left is a large globe, scales of justice, the "Constitution", books, and a large building. On the lower left is a medallion frame for a soldiers portrait, with an eagle perched on the top, and with American flags, rifles, and a drum. At left center, on the bottom, is a vignette framed with a red, white, and blue ribbon, and showing two female figures next to a large shield labeled "Excelesior".
28 U.S. Copyright Office.
Caption continues: Dated at New York this [blank] day of [blank] AD 18[blank]. Countersigned: [...] The within named [blank] served faithfully as a member in the [blank] Regiment New York State National Guard for the term of [blank] years and is hereby honorably discharged this [blank] day of [blank] 18[blank].
Printed at bottom center: Soldiers certificate.
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Oval blind stamp on lower right: Deposited in U.S. District Clerks Office Southern District New York.
Inscribed in ink on lower right: N 28 Dec 27, 1866.
Inscribed in pencil on bottom center: 34273.
Stamped on verso: Copyright Library 22 May 1867.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.
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