Card, Calling - Gen. Frederick Steele
Object number2000.068.12
Date1864
Mediumpaper and ink
Dimensions1 3/4 x 3 in. (4.4 x 7.6 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum collection
DescriptionCalling card of General Fredrick Steele, printed on a small rectangular piece of white, glossy paper. Frederick Steele was a United States Volunteers major general and the commander of the Department of Arkansas in the Civil War.Calling cards were used socially to signifiy a visit made to a person's home. They were generally left when the home owner was absent.
Printed in script font is "Maj. Gen. F. Steele, U.S.V." Around the edge of the card is an debossed floral patter.
Status
Not on view
