Front image shows "U.S. Recruiting Office, Col. Sharp." Drawing of a soldier attempting to kiss a woman, old man in cap peeps from an overhead window. Mounted on cardstock. "Beauties of the Draft, No substitute wanted." C.D.V. is a small portrat mounted on a visiting card. Introduced by a Parisian photographer, Andre Disderi. They were inexpensive, mass produced, and easily collected.
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