Carbon Print of Abraham Lincoln, showing head and shoulders in jacket and tie in sepia tones in an oval on a gold background (4 in x 5.5 in) bordered in black. Glass over print. One quarter inch frame with one sixteenth inch gold inner border; rest is a textured brown tape from front, around sides, and covering three eighths inches on back securing back, print and glass. A wire loop, top center is attached to a leaf-shaped fabric tag. Pasted to back is a paper strip: "Genuine Carbon Print, hand painted in Actual Metal Colors -- CARBON CLOISONNE. Will not tarnish nor fade: Price....."
Color print, lithograph, "Muster roll of the 79th PA Vol." is bordered with three scenes between two central U.S. flags: a campfire with soldiers thinking of families at home; a battlefield scene; a wife with baby and dog at home, thinking of her soldier husband. Side borders show soldiers being reunited with their families.
"The 79th PA were organized and mustered into the Service of the United States at Pittsburg, October the 18th, 1861, and mustered into the service as veterans at Chatanooga Tennessee on the 12th of February 1864." The list includes the name of men in Companies A through K with their ranks. Most lists contain more than 82 names each. At bottom, in the center are the names of commissioned officers, including Lancaster's Col. Henry A. Hambright as well as members of the Regimental Band. At the bases of columns on left and right are a list of 10 Skirmishes and Battles in which the 79 Pa. Volunteers participated in Tennessee, Georgia and Kentucky.
