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Patronize a Disabled Soldier


This is a hand-colored original print of one of the most poignant stereographs of the Civil War. Two Union veterans, one missing his right leg and the other apparently without his right arm, sell candy and lemonade in the Boston Common under a sign that reads, "Patronize a Disabled Soldier."


Scroll down to the back of the view.


Although H. Ropes & Co. published this postwar view and other stereoscopic views, the company was not known for Civil War images.

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