Design of Bronze Monument Commemorative of American Independence 1873 vintage_city_map an engraving steeped in the

an engraving steeped in the audacity of a republic that had just refused

Monterey and Buena Vista 1847 — a campaign lithograph that bundles four Mexican War victories into a single laurel and hands it to Old Rough and Ready

the People's Choice for Twelfth President of the United States 1847 — a campaign portrait floated on the eve of the 1848 race

liberty recast in the iconography of foundries and freight — a chromolithograph that mistakes prosperity for proof

These postcards trade in linen skies

Design of Bronze Monument Commemorative of American Independence 1873 vintage_city_map an engraving steeped in theDesign of Bronze Monument Commemorative of American Independence 1873 a draftsman's proposal rendered in the civic vocabulary of the post war republic, when bronze and allegory were called upon to do the work of healing. The centennial loomed, and the country answered in pedestals. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and