American Order of United Mechanics 19th Century pennsylvania print The Corked Secret Patent for

The Corked Secret Patent for Bottle Stopper Fastening belongs to the great age of American bottling

when allegiance to the federal compact had to be drawn

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

and ventilator ball are drawn in the patient hand of a draftsman charting the small architecture standing between a keeper and the dark

American Order of United Mechanics 19th Century pennsylvania print The Corked Secret Patent forAmerican 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