General Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista 1847 framed_fresno_art Origin and History of the

Origin and History of the Stars and Stripes 1899 traces the banner from its earliest cantons and crude field-stitched stripes to the standardized flag of a reunited republic

19th Century — a documentary engraving of the marbled ascent the public took to look down upon their legislators

William Cabell Rives

The Barbers Instrument Patent Tools of Precise Vanity comes from the great age of the American barbershop — when a shave was a ritual

and Franklin bent over the parchment

General Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista 1847 framed_fresno_art Origin and History of theGeneral Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista 1847 renders Old Rough and Ready astride the Mexican highlands, where outnumbered American volunteers held Santa Anna's columns and turned a desperate February stand into the lithograph that would carry Zachary Taylor straight to the White House. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical