MUSEUM RARE 1905 ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR ARMY NURSE & SONS OF VETERANS PHOTO RPPC For Sale

ORIGINAL!MUSEUM RARE! 1905 ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR ARMY NURSE & SONS OF VETERANS PHOTO RPPC

1905 ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR ARMY NURSE & SONS OF VETERANS REAL PHOTO POSTCARD (RPPC)

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY SCARCE, HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT, AND GENUINE 1905 REAL PHOTO POSTCARD (RPPC). THIS ORIGINAL PORTRAIT CAPTURES A REMARKABLE GENERATIONAL LINEAGE OF UNION CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE.THE REVERSE FEATURES THE HIGHLY COVETED "AZO" STAMP BOX WITH FOUR UPWARD-POINTING TRIANGLES, DEFINITIVELY DATING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER TO THE 1904–1918 ERA. COMBINED WITH THE INSIGNIA ON THE FRONT, THIS COMPLETELY PROVES A TRUE 1905 ORIGINAL FIRST-EDITION. NOT A REPRODUCTION, REPRINT, OR LATER RESTRIKE.

THE SEATED OLDER WOMAN IS A RECOGNIZED CIVIL WAR HERO FROM THE ARMY NURSE GENERATION. SHE PROUDLY WEARS THREE PERIOD MEDALS/INSIGNIA:

1. AN OFFICIAL GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (GAR) GOLD WREATH HAT INSIGNIA.
2. AN OFFICIAL U.S. MILITARY CIVIL WAR CAMPAIGN MEDAL (WHICH CONGRESS AUTHORIZED FOR ELIGIBLE CIVIL WAR ARMY NURSES IN JANUARY 1905).
3. AN OFFICIAL GAR FIVE-POINTED BRONZE STAR VETERAN MEMBERSHIP BADGE.

THE STANDING YOUNGER WOMAN (LIKELY HER DAUGHTER OR GRANDDAUGHTER) REPRESENTS THE ULTRA-RARE "MILITIA" ERA OF THE SONS OF VETERANS (SV) AUXILIARY. SHE WEARS:

1. A HEAVILY TAILORED, HIGH-COLLAR U.S. ARMY MILITARY STYLE UNIFORM AND MATCHING MILITARY HAT.
2. "SV" BRASS COLLAR DEVICES.
3. TWO PERIOD MEMBERSHIP MEDALS, INCLUDING THE OFFICIAL "S OF V. AUXILIARY" RIBBON BADGE.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: THIS PHOTO CAPTURES A TINY, SEVERAL-MONTH WINDOW IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THE CIVIL WAR CAMPAIGN MEDAL WAS FIRST ISSUED IN EARLY 1905, AND THE SONS OF VETERANS AUXILIARY OFFICIALLY BANNED AND PHASED OUT THESE PARAMILITARY MILITIA-STYLE UNIFORMS AT THE END OF THE 1905 NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT. FEWER THAN 4,000 WOMEN EVER QUALIFIED FOR FORMAL REGISTRATION AS CIVIL WAR ARMY NURSES, MAKING IMAGES OF THEM AN INCREDIBLY RARE SUB-GENRE OF MILITARIA COLLECTING.

EXCELLENT ANTIQUE CONDITION WITH SOME PERIOD ALBUM RESIDUE ON THE REVERSE, FANTASTIC, CRISP FOCUS, EMULSION DETAIL, AND CONTRAST. THE DETAILS ON THE MEDALS AND THE "SV" COLLAR HARDWARE ARE SHARP UNDER MAGNIFICATION. BACK OF THE CARD FEATURES THE GENUINE 4-TRIANGLES-UP AZO STAMP BOX.

PLEASE SEE ALL HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANS FOR EXACT EDGE CONDITIONS AND CORNER WEAR.

THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY.

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