Washington as a Freemason, Commander of the American Army 1775, President of the United States 1789 cancer_wall_art Thomas Jefferson 1897 — a

Thomas Jefferson 1897 — a late-century portrait of the Sage of Monticello

issued precisely as the Union began to fray

this portrait belongs to the Roosevelt of the preparedness campaign — the year he began publicly hammering Wilson for keeping America out of the European war he was certain would find her anyway

Spanish American Soldiers and Flags 1898 — a martial tableau from the year empire announced itself in Cuban heat and Manila harbor

The Publicans Precision Patent Blueprint for the Perfect Pour is a drawing from the era when American brewing was a serious industrial science — pumps

Washington as a Freemason, Commander of the American Army 1775, President of the United States 1789 cancer_wall_art Thomas Jefferson 1897 — aWashington as a Freemason, Commander of the American Army 1775, President of the United States 1789 a layered allegorical portrait that fuses square and compass with epaulet and sash, rendering the General President as a brother of the lodge as much as a father of the republic. 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