William R. King, Democratic Candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1852 old alaska map did the work of armies

did the work of armies

Commemorate the Services of Irish American Valor Loyalty and Devotion 1891 — a chromolithograph in the post-war key of remembrance

The Barbers Blade Warner Safety Razor Patent Blueprint captures the working geometry of the Victorian barber's trade — the angles

1884 — a commemorative engraved portrait of the man whose rotary press hurled American newsprint into the industrial age

issued when the republic he founded was already straining at its seams

William R. King, Democratic Candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1852 old alaska map did the work of armiesWilliam R. King, Democratic Candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1852. A campaign portrait of the Alabama senator yoked to Franklin Pierce on a ticket that bet the Union on compromise King would win the office and die before he could meaningfully hold it, his lithographed dignity outlasting his lungs. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives,