The War – Making Havelocks for the Volunteers (Harper's Weekly, Vol. V), June 29, 1861, Wood engraving, image: 10 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. (27.6 x 23.5 cm), Prints, Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine), Homer designed this print in June 1861 during the opening weeks of the Civil War. It shows young women gathered indoors on a summer afternoon to sew uniforms for Union soldiers. They make havelocks, cloth covers for military caps with long flaps at the back that protect the neck from the sun, and one of the seamstresses models a finished example
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War, Havelocks, Volunteers, Harper, Weekly, Vol, V, June 29, 1861, Wood engraving, image, 10 7/8 x 9 1/4, 27.6 23.5 cm, Prints, Winslow Homer, American, Boston, Massachusetts, 1836–1910, Prouts Neck, Maine, Homer designed, print, 1861, opening weeks, Civil War, young women, gathered, indoors, summer afternoon, sew uniforms, Union soldiers, havelocks, cloth covers, military caps, long flaps, back, protect, neck, sun, seamstresses models, finished example
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