Spirit of the Union 1861 professor_artwork the Capitol dome rising like

the Capitol dome rising like a smaller cousin of Washington's over a city of lake steamers and university quadrangles — a postcard town where lithographed views of State Street and linen cards of the Memorial Union terrace did steady work through the golden age

dirigibles tethered to needle-spires

The Arithmetic Engine — Patent Blueprint of Mechanical Computation is a piece of living American history — an archival document transformed into a museum-quality framed print for your wall

South Carolina Columbia arrives by way of the Congaree

Michigan Detroit arrives in lithographed views of Woodward Avenue at full hum — streetcars

Spirit of the Union 1861 professor_artwork the Capitol dome rising likeSpirit of the Union 1861. A chromolithograph rallying the Northern imagination at the very moment of rupture, when allegiance to the federal compact had to be drawn, printed, and pinned to parlor walls. The iconography is unembarrassed eagle, flag, and the abstract noun made visual published in the year secession forced every household to choose a side. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the