GW Gail Axe Navy Plug 1886 definition_wall_art onto Pacific water

onto Pacific water

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1914 — a commemorative portrait issued decades after the poet's death

rendered with the ceremonial gravity the Gilded Age reserved for its rituals — a republic still binding its post-war wounds

These are lithographed views of the First State's working capital

GW Gail Axe Navy Plug 1886 definition_wall_art onto Pacific waterGW Gail Axe Navy Plug 1886 a tobacco label from the heyday of the Baltimore plug trade, when Gail & Ax stamped its naval insignia onto every twist of dark fired leaf and trusted the anchor to do the rest of the advertising. 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 publishers (Currier & Ives, Kurz &