The Porcineograph 1876 Frame Style:Bourbon Frame issued precisely as the Union

issued precisely as the Union began to fray

adding a rich

but the politics behind it were pure cider-barrel theater

The Barbers Secret 1879 Folding Razor Patent captures the working geometry of the Victorian barber's trade — the angles

A mid-century lithograph that resurrects the Sage of Philadelphia for a Republic well past his own — Franklin rendered in the iconography the antebellum era loved best

The Porcineograph 1876 Frame Style:Bourbon Frame issued precisely as the UnionThe Porcineograph 1876 William Emerson Baker's centennial absurdity, a map of the United States rendered as a hog and garlanded with the regional dishes of each state. Equal parts cartography, satire, and gastronomic boast, it is Reconstruction era America grinning at its own table. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and