Anton otto fischer biography of abraham

  • Born in Munich, Germany but orphaned as a boy, Fischer ran away to sea at 16 and spent eight years before the mast on a variety of sailing ships.
  • Anton Otto Fischer (illustrator).
  • Brief Life History of Anton.

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    The Life of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd: Containing His Letters From Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas Island, Where He Was Imprisoned Four Years for Alleged Complicity in the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln With Statements of Mrs. Samuel a. Mudd, Dr. Samuel a. Mudd, and Edward Spangler Regarding the Assassination and the Argument of General Ewing on the Question of the Jurisdiction of the Military Commission, and on the Law and Facts of the Case"

    The Reader's Corner is such fun,it's too bad you have to buy our books on line. We have eight foot tall outside bookshelves across the entire front of the store. There is a money slot in the door for night sales, which go to support National Public Radio. Inside, which can be too crowded at times, are surprisingly good books, only 1% are ever listed on-line. We also sell records, music cd's, comic books, mags, computer software and games. Best of all is the found art decorating every spare spot. The motto on the front door: NO SHOOTING, N
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    US careless talk poster depicting a dead US sailor washed near shore warning the public to guard what they say in public because it could lead to battlefield deaths. The careless talk series of US propaganda posters was an Army Services project, distributed by the Office of War Information. The need to manage the war on the Home Front led to the establishment of the OWI in June 1942. This office controlled the design and distribution of war information to the American public in posters, photographs, radio shows, and films. They commissioned work from leading artists of the period, including Anton Otto Fischer, who painted this image. Fischer was a German born artist who immigrated to the United States and painted patriotic posters for the government during both World Wars. The careless talk series originated in 1940 in Great Britain. It highlighted the many ways that careless talk could leak sensitive informatio

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    Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Lincoln (Abraham, 1809-1865). Document signed 'Abraham Lincoln', Washington, 1 August 1864, a military kommission, appointing John T. Bolton Second Lieutenant in the Veteran Reserve Corps, printed on vellum with engraved eagle at head and military apparatus at foot, wafer seal to left margin, manuscript insertions, signed by President Lincoln and the sekreterare of War, Edwin M. Stanton, a little soiling and slightly heavier on folds, approximately 48 x 40 cm, together with two similar military commissions on vellum, appointing John T. Bolton to First Lieutenant 'For gallant and meritorious services during the [American Civil] war', 10 May 1866, and Captain, 13 March 1867, both with stamped signatures of President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of War namn M. Stanton, the first with rund brown stain at head, plus an earlier kommission appointing First Sargeant in Company K of the 28th Regiment of New Jersey Volunteers,