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| Posted: Mon Dec 18th, 2006 04:26 pm |
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HankC
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What's hanging on your walls? Here's what's on mine:
Robert E. Lee, a print from CWTI ~1968, used on the cover and then sold separately,
Centennial poster showing generals, maps, battles, chronology and weapons,
2 reproduction Lincoln 1864 campaign buttons,
'Petticoat Flag' by Andy Thomas,
Framed CSA $10 bill,
Stone House at Manassas in the fog, commercial photograph,
Lee and Jackson last meeting lithograph ~1870,
Photo of the Gettysburg Address text on a NPS plaque
Photo (from slide) of me charging up little round top ~1965 
Cheers,
HankC
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18th, 2006 04:36 pm |
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Marie
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Hank,
In my office:
"The Last Meeting" -Lee and Jackson...has to be the same litho you have but I have no idea how old it is...it was a Christmas gift many years ago.
At home:
A collector plate that was a gitft from KS of the Lincolns at the first inauguration.
A photograph of my Great-great grandfather, and his brothers (the ones that came homefrom the War) and their wives, taken in the 1870's or 1880's.
5 of his brothers served in the CW. Gggrandpa was too young to serve.
Regards,
Jana
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18th, 2006 04:36 pm |
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Marie
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Hank,
In my office:
"The Last Meeting" -Lee and Jackson...has to be the same litho you have but I have no idea how old it is...it was a Christmas gift many years ago.
At home:
A collector plate that was a gitft from KS of the Lincolns at the first inauguration.
A photograph of my Great-great grandfather, and his brothers (the ones that came homefrom the War) and their wives, taken in the 1870's or 1880's.
5 of his brothers served in the CW. Gggrandpa was too young to serve.
Regards,
Jana
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18th, 2006 06:31 pm |
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amhistoryguy
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Interesting Question - But, I'm afraid I have a not so interesting answer.
Above my desk - Rocco's "Artillery Forward" on other walls - Photo's of my gggrandfather; a photo of Lt. John Otto, his section Lt.: also a photo of the battery commander ( Capt. Arnold Sutermeister) with two of his NCO's. Lots of little "stuff" scattered about, minie balls, a small brass cannon or two, and then some WWII photos. I appreciate the CW art that is out there, but I guess when I question myself as to why I don't have more, all I have to do is look at my bookshelves for the answer. I spend the money on books instead.
Regards, Dave Gorski
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18th, 2006 08:09 pm |
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ole
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Bookshelves, bookcase and windows. One Chamberlain's bayonet charge rendered on 4" square wall tiles. One lovingly cross-stitched and framed "Creative Minds are Rarely Tidy." (Was she trying to make a point?)
Ole
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18th, 2006 11:52 pm |
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Doc C
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Photos of my g-g-g-grandfather/g-g-grandfathers, autographed flag from the '94 PGA Championship, Masters painting, Yanks/Mets World Series Series photo, Clementine Hunter painting.
Doc CLast edited on Mon Dec 18th, 2006 11:53 pm by Doc C
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| Posted: Tue Dec 19th, 2006 12:16 am |
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ks
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Presuming you mean in the room(s) from which we type.  Okay, here goes! Over my desk is a framed print of John Steuart Curry's, "The Tragic Prelude". To my right is a framed steel engraving of Nathaniel Lyon and above THAT a "Natty Fan" from the Ozarks Muster in 2003. Further down that south wall is a framed set of CW stamps from Buckshot as well as a collector's plate of the Lincoln Family. Next wall has a copy of a CW era poster "The Conscript Bill - How to Avoid It" that was a U.S. Navy item from PHP. Framed Andy Thomas prints of "The Petticoat Flag", "On the Battery" and "Don't Yield An Inch" (still have "The Bayonet or Retreat" to be framed and hung), a reproduction T. Ditterline map of the Field at Gettysburg, a framed repro of an 1863 illustration for a Christmas Supplement to the Illustrated London News of "The Village Choir Rehearsing the Christmas Anthem" from MAP, a Duncan Royale collector's plate of CW Santa (ala MAP) and the tote bags with artwork from every muster we've had.
While not hanging on my wall, I also have a Duncan Royale CW Santa figurine (MAP again), a miniature First Shot Marker from Basecat and McCormick Distillery decanters of Grant and Lincoln on bookcases along with miniature displays of CW flags and the rest of that series of 6 Lincoln collector's plates. Oh, there's no doubt about where my interests lie.
Pat
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| Posted: Tue Dec 19th, 2006 04:54 am |
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Fuller
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I spend enough on books. Artwork would do my spouse in. I would be told to get some colored pencils, poster board and make my own. I have a framed copy of a tintype of my gggrandpa who was with the 78th Ohio. My walls are bare but I do have books with art in it if that counts.
Fuller
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| Posted: Tue Dec 19th, 2006 05:08 am |
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Basecat
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Evening all.
Surprisingly where I type from, there is really nothing CW related hanging on the walls. Most of the stuff I have here is spread out in a couple of rooms upstairs. As for prints, I do have 2 that are framed and hanging on the walls. The Review At Moss Neck by Mort Kunstler depicts the review of Stuart's Cavalry in the Fredericksburg area on January 20, 1863. I also have Time to Fight by Dale Gallon, which depicts General John Reynolds on the Emmittsburg Road on the morning of July 1, 1863.
Sadly, I have yet to frame the 2 prints I bought at the muster in Kansas and Missouri a few years back. Had thought at that time I was going to be moving, but then events here did not allow for that to happen. The 2 prints by Andy Thomas depict the Battle Of Pea Ridge, and The Battle of Westport. I hope to get them framed and hung on the walls here in 2007.
2 of my favorite pieces come from Gary Casteel. They are exact copies of the monuments to the 12th and 13th NJ that are located on the Battlefield at Gettysburg. I also have a set of Confederate Generals that features them on horseback and includes art from John Paul Strain. The latest addition here is a small statue that depicts Pickett's Charge, which comes from the same company as the CSA Generals series.
Like Dave Gorski, I tend to spend more money on books, but every now and then, if I see something art wise that hits the eye here, I will add it to my collection. I truly hope that somewhere down the road I get to build my dream house, and in that house to build a room that will be entirely focused on all things CW related that I own here.
Hope all are well.
Regards from the Garden State,
Steve Basic
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| Posted: Tue Dec 19th, 2006 05:38 am |
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susansweet
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My walls are full of pervious interest that still hold my interest. I too have been investing in books rather than Civil War Art. I did win a print of Jackson at Charlestown Railway station in the rain. by John Paul StrainI now have to get it framed. It will take the place of some smaller items that will move.
The walls that don't have bookcases on them have a Rosetti print of
Persephone , a water color of Venice I bought when I was there, a R.C. Gorman print of a Navajo woman and a wall of orginal art done by friends, first graders and photographs of my former students.
I also have a large wooden S that was a gift from a friend back in the Mary Tyer Moore days. She had her M , I have an S. I do have a cdv of Farragut display on a bookcase, a plate from the Museum of the Confederacy along with other plates from Virginia all small in a holder . I have a print of the photograph of Cleburne that will be hung soon. I just framed it . It will hang with a wood block print of Kit Carson and a print of Napoleon.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20th, 2006 11:04 am |
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Vickie
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here in the computer room I have claimed a small corner of wall space above and beside my desk.The rest of this room is FULL of train posters,prints and such. So in my little corner of the world on the walls I have 2 free Gettysburg posters from various trips to the Burg,that I have in cheep poster frames.Several old Gettysburg souvenir plates .A picture of Tim & I at Gettysburg muster. Several personalized autographed Stephen Lang items.2 civil war calendars,a lighthouse calendar and a calendar from an insurance agency in Ohio. Lincoln Gettysburg address collectors plate(I'm not going to climb over my desk to see what company made that one).A Joshua Chamberlain "The Civil War Generals" plate, 8 x 10 photo of my sister and I on our horses together in Eminence MO.The closet door is my bulletin board where I tape things like pictures Iv printed of Moxley,Misty ,me in Jana's CW dress.From Hardscrabble to the White House patch from muster and several JLC post cards that I got when I visited his house in Maine.A few items from my first muster.Not much wall space left in my corner here :-) The shelf on my desk is full of stuff too.Several Lefton toby mugs of CW Generals,fans from Gettysburg muster,bead necklaces from Vicksburg muster.A small signed Kunstler book,a historical war series CW stein.Copys of G &G and Gettysburg DVD's signed by Stephen Lang.In the cubby hole here on my desk is a Lefton scale model of the Gettysburg train depot.A coffee mug"Stuarts Ride Around McClellan"which holds my pens and pencils. Under the desk are my CW map books,I have a stuffed animal pony sitting on the flatbed scanner next to me.My muster mouse pads are scattered around here on my desk.And my harmonica is beside the monitor.
Art work is in other rooms. Living room is a large JLC portrait by Michael Gantek,a portrait of HUG.Kunstlers Chamberlains Charge.
In the bedroom is Kunstlers "Courage in Blue. In the hall is a huge portrait print of Stonewall by Gnatek , a small print of Lord of the Valley by Gallon. In the dining room is a print of HUG by the tree.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20th, 2006 11:59 pm |
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Widow
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Well, folks and friends.
After reading about the collections the rest of you have posted, I must join in with my astounding and amazing CW memorabilia.
In the kitchen, a framed print of a pen-and-ink drawing of a Norfolk & Western Railroad steam locomotive, ca. 1946, hauling a load of coal through Lynchburg, VA. How's that related to the Civil War? A lot, in my opinion. It was given to me by the artist, who is a volunteer CW artillery reenactor with the NPS in the Richmond area. He's a member of the Richmond model train club. I'm very proud to have John's drawing. We met at Tredegar Iron Works, and a couple of times at other living history events in Petersburg and Yorktown.
Taped to a kitchen cabinet: a poster announcing Bob Macomber's book signing party in Fairfax in October. (He's PHP, as ks mentioned.) It has an enlargement of his same picture as on his website, robertmacomber.com. An Affair of Honor is the fifth in his series of novels about a Civil War US Navy officer and his later career around the world.
Also in the kitchen, on the little cork board above the wall phone, are two tiny clear plastic bags.
- One holds a piece of hardtack, given to me by a member of my Bull Run RT, who is a great-grandson of Longstreet (maybe great-great-grandson).
- The other has an unused percussion cap, given to me by a reenactor. It also has two empty paper musket cartridges and two torn-off tails, which I picked up after a live-firing demo at an event at the Manassas Museum. I took both little bags with me to France over Thanksgiving to show my brother, who is interested in military history through the ages.
Two framed original illustrations from Godey's Ladies' Book, fashions of the 1880s. The women of that decade knew all about the war. Inherited from my grandmother, a fashion designer and custom dressmaker.
The rest of my wall stuff is pictures, wall hangings, sculptures, etc., from South America. My husband spent 16 years there, and later, after we got married, I had a two-year assignment in Caracas. Most of these things are from Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Guatemala.
- A preserved piranha from Brazil, which Dick got in Rio.
- A portrait of Simon Bolivar, el Gran Libertador (Great Liberator), considered the George Washington of Spanish America.
- A portrait of an old peasant man, picked up in an open-air art market in Buenos Aires by Dick's oldest daughter.
- A portrait of a Bolivian peasant with his little pan-pipe.
- A crudely hand-made coffee table made from the doors of a cathedral which was destroyed by an earthquake in Guatemala City 400 years ago.
- A brass plaque decorated with emerald chips, from Bogota.
- A poster of a Spanish bullfighter, advertising next Sunday's corrida, featuring the name of Richard Wheeler; the youngest daughter got it in Barcelona, and had his name printed on it as a gag.
- Wall hanging from Mexico, also from the youngest daughter.
- Wall hanging from Venezuela.
- Small oil paintings given to me by an artist friend in Caracas.
- Two plaques or sculptures or something from Cairo and Jakarta, picked up by Dick on his travels.
- Night photos of grass fires on the mountainside above Caracas, taken by Dick's son.
- Framed enlargements, taken by Dick, of our visit to Angel Falls, Venezuela, the world's highest waterfall.
- Snapshot of us at the Marine Corps Birthday Ball in Caracas, oh, he was so handsome in his tux, and I was so thin.
I didn't buy any of that stuff. Guess I don't have the collector's gene in my DNA.
Family pictures, too, of course.
But most of the wall space is taken up with bookcases. I really have to do some serious removal. I don't want his science-fiction paperbacks when I need room for my CW books, for pete's sake!
Patty
la Viuda Wheeler
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| Posted: Tue Dec 26th, 2006 04:14 pm |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 27th, 2006 08:07 am |
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susansweet
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Patty your collection sounds interesting . Sounds like many of the things are reminders of good memories.
Besides the prints and books I have in several spots in my house displays of tacky snowglobes. The ones that can be bought at various places that are visited. Some are Civil War related. Others just places I have visited. There are also larger ones that are gifts from friends for Christmas the last few years. Three are very special as my nephew has decided he is on a hunt for the tackiest snow globe of the large Christmas variety he can find. It is in return for all the years I have bought him Tacky underwear for Christmas. He wouldn't tell me what he wanted one year.
One of these days I will have to count the globes to see how many I have. One of my favorites is filled with sand instead of snow and water. There are three small figures and a mission in it. One figure has a sword. Can you guess where it is from?
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