Death of Harrison, April 4, 1841 tacoma_old_map The Hatteras Lantern Room Blueprint

The Hatteras Lantern Room Blueprint — Guardian of the Graveyard of the Atlantic drafted for the tallest brick sentinel on the American coast

Independence Declared 1776

The Crown Cork Conspiracy Painters Revolutionary Seal captures one of those workhorse innovations that quietly defined how a glass of beer got from cellar to tap — a piece of equipment whose elegance was invisible to the drinker

Ink doing what armies had not yet finished

the banner waves stars and stripes for a Union the candidates could no longer hold together — popular sovereignty stitched onto bunting as the country marched toward Sumter

Death of Harrison, April 4, 1841 tacoma_old_map The Hatteras Lantern Room BlueprintDeath of Harrison, April 4, 1841 a mourning print marking the first president to die in office, just thirty one days after that interminable inaugural address in the cold. The Whig triumph of 1840 collapsed into black crepe before the cabinet had fully unpacked. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the lithographic