American Order of United Mechanics 19th Century pennsylvania print and pinned to parlor walls

and pinned to parlor walls

courthouse square

The Gentlemans Guillotine 196 Cigar Cutter Patent is the kind of detail that survives only in the patent record — a small mechanical solution dedicated entirely to the pleasure of a slow draw

California Pasadena arrives in lithographed views of the Rose Parade winding down Colorado Boulevard

retouched for a Gilded Age audience

American Order of United Mechanics 19th Century pennsylvania print and pinned to parlor wallsAmerican Order of United Mechanics, 19th Century. A fraternal emblem from the nativist workingmen's lodges that flourished in the shadow of antebellum immigration debates compass, arm and hammer, and flag arranged in the moral arithmetic of Protestant labor declaring itself the rightful heir of the republic. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional