OFFERING an ANTIQUE GENUINE STEEL ENGRAVING OF CARL CHRISTIAN SCHURZ (1829 - 1906) WITH A 2 PAGE HISTORY (back to front) (2 pieces of paper total)
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SCHURZ WAS A GERMAN WHO EMIGRATED TO THE U.S. IN 1848-49, AND BECAME A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
HE SERVED AS A UNION GENERAL UNDER LINCOLN IN THE CIVIL WAR, AND HELPED FORM THE SHORT-LIVED LIBERAL REPUBLICAN PARTY
AN ADVOCATE FOR CIVIL SERVICE REFORM, HE REPRESENTED MISSOURI IN THE U.S. SENATE, AND WAS APPOINTED THE 13th SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR UNDER PRESIDENT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES IN 1877
MR. SCHURZ WAS PORTRAYED BY EDWARD G. ROBINSON IN THE WESTERN DRAMA "CHEYENNE AUTUMN" IN 1964
NO ENGRAVER NOTED
SIZE 9 7/8" HIGH x 6 3/4" WIDE
NEAR FINE VINTAGE CONDITION
A SMALL FAINT STAIN AT THE TOP LEFT EDGE
AN OLD PAPER CLIP IMPRESSION AT THE UPPER LEFT OF THE ENGRAVING FROM HAVING THE TWO PIECES OF PAPER CLIPPED TOGETHER
THIS DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE PICTURE
A TRUE PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY
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