Curious and Unusual 1865 American Civil War Paper Hand Fan microscope slides ink clear and very readable

ink clear and very readable

and it lives at the center of the dining room table most of the rest of the time

The ash splints

with frame upon frame of linen (constructed

Curious and Unusual 1865 American Civil War Paper Hand Fan microscope slides ink clear and very readableI purchased this fan from my favorite rare book seller, not knowing quite what to make of it, but finding it quite an interesting, unusual and striking looking thing. I am not enough of a Civil War expert to unpack it, but I am pretty certain the choice of blue ink for the printing connects it the Union, while the serpent at the center of the fan represents the Confederacy. It seems possible, with numbers 1 7 along the left side, that it makes