Visual Materials

Columbia rode safe through the storm

Description: Image of an American flag waving with clouds and smoke clearing and sun in background.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1865
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000843
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Battle of Wilson’s Creek

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Image of Union and Confederate armies engaged in a clearing near a wooded area at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri, in 1861 during the American Civil War; officers on horseback, American flag and First Iowa Infantry flag at left; dead and wounded soldiers on battlefield, lines attacking with cannon fire in background.

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Approaching storm. ; Old boat landing

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Image of a proof sheet for two landscape prints; homes at the end of a path with clouds heralding an approaching storm; dock along a rocky coastline with boats in background.

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[Women looking at bust statue, Columbia behind them]

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Image of two women gazing at a male bust statue on a pedestal with Columbia looking over them in the background, arm outstretched; American Suspender Co. building visible at back left behind flames and smoke.

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Nashawannuck Manf'g Co. suspenders

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Image of a goddess-like figure in white robes riding in a gold chariot pulled by three tigers through clouds with the sun shining behind her; female figure holds the reins made of suspenders in one hand and a pole topped with a flag printed with an "N" for the Nashawannuck Manufacturing Company in the other.

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View of the English steamer Caledonia wrecked on Cape Cod, Jan. 1st. 1863

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Image of the steamship Caledonia stranded on Cape Cod; people conversing in front of small buildings, including one with the sign "Hot coffee and meals at all hours," along the shore and an American flag waving on a flagpole visible in foreground.

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General Harrison's log cabin march & quick step

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Image of a log cabin with a large American flag waving on a flag pole above, both printed with music for General Harrison's Log Cabin March & Quick Step; a man in trousers and a tailcoat greets a soldier in a military jacket with a peg leg outside the cabin.

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Columbia rode safe through the storm

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