GRAND MILITARY CARNIVAL, AT ARMORY RINK, SANTA ROSA, CAL. ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT, 1885. MR. GROVER CLEVELAND AND LADIES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO BE PRESENT. JOEL M. WALKER, CAPTAIN. WILBER M. SWETT, SECRETARY
by Company G, 5th Infantry Regiment, N.G.C
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[Santa Rosa, 1885. Engraved invitation, top flap with color illustration of American flag. Bottom half in several elegant type styles and fonts. "Grover Cleveland" in manuscript. Mild wear, Very Good.
[offered with] REGULATIONS OF THE GRAND MILITARY CARNIVAL OF CO. E. 5TH INF. REG. N.G.C. AT ARMORY RINK, SANTA ROSA, THANKSGIVING EVENING, 1885. Small broadside, 3-1/2" x 5-3/4" on purple paper, listing rules 1-9, with ticket prices [Floor Tickets $2; Spectators' Tickets $1]. Very Good.
The elegant Invitation is from the National Guard Corps on Thanksgiving, 1885. Whether President Cleveland made the trip from Washington to Santa Rosa is doubtful. Regulations required guests to be "masked and in costume." Moreover, "Sharp weapons must be secured to the scabbard. Firearms examined by the committee.
[offered with] REGULATIONS OF THE GRAND MILITARY CARNIVAL OF CO. E. 5TH INF. REG. N.G.C. AT ARMORY RINK, SANTA ROSA, THANKSGIVING EVENING, 1885. Small broadside, 3-1/2" x 5-3/4" on purple paper, listing rules 1-9, with ticket prices [Floor Tickets $2; Spectators' Tickets $1]. Very Good.
The elegant Invitation is from the National Guard Corps on Thanksgiving, 1885. Whether President Cleveland made the trip from Washington to Santa Rosa is doubtful. Regulations required guests to be "masked and in costume." Moreover, "Sharp weapons must be secured to the scabbard. Firearms examined by the committee.
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- David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (US)
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- Title
- GRAND MILITARY CARNIVAL, AT ARMORY RINK, SANTA ROSA, CAL. ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT, 1885. MR. GROVER CLEVELAND AND LADIES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO BE PRESENT. JOEL M. WALKER, CAPTAIN. WILBER M. SWETT, SECRETARY
- Author
- Company G, 5th Infantry Regiment, N.G.C
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Place of Publication
- [Santa Rosa
- Date Published
- 1885
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- CALIFORNIA; AMERICANA;
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
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Woodbridge, Connecticut
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