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Rhode Island : city of Newport

Description: Image of an elevated landscape view of the harbor and city of Newport, Rhode Island, showing sailboats in the water, in a shield motif; vignettes of the seal of Rhode Island, factories and pastures and orchards, with busts of William Ellery and Stephen Hopkins, two signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1875
Call number: priJLC_VIEW_000568
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Delaware : city of Wilmington

Visual Materials

Image of an elevated landscape view of a waterfront scene with boats, and the city of Wilmington, Delaware, in the distance, in a shield motif; vignettes of the seal of Connecticut and landscapes, with busts of Thomas McKean and George Read, two signers of the Declaration of Independence.

priJLC_VIEW_000542

North Carolina : city of Wilmington

Visual Materials

Image of an eye-level landscape view of a waterfront scene with boats, and the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, in the distance, in a shield motif; vignettes of the seal of North Carolina, and vignettes of logging work and buildings, with busts of two signers of the Declaration of Independence.

priJLC_VIEW_000562

Connecticut : city of New Haven

Visual Materials

Image of an eye-level landscape view of a waterfront scene with boats, and the city of New Haven, Connecticut, in the distance, in a shield motif; five vignettes of the seal of Connecticut, factories, and buildings and a park, with busts of Samuel Huntington and William Williams, two signers of the Declaration of Independence.

priJLC_VIEW_000541

New Hampshire : city of Portsmouth

Visual Materials

Image of an eye-level landscape view of a waterfront scene with people skating and sledding on ice and the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the distance, in a shield motif; vignettes of the seal of New Hampshire and a landscape of a stone quarry with workers, with busts of William Whipple and Josiah Bartlett, two signers of the Declaration of Independence.

priJLC_VIEW_000557

New Jersey : city of Trenton

Visual Materials

Image of an elevated landscape view of Trenton, New Jersey, with people on the bank of the Delaware River and boarding a steamboat in the foreground, and a view of a bridge and city in the background, in a shield motif; vignettes of factories, the seal of New Jersey, and fruits and vegetables displayed in a landscape, with busts of Abraham Clark and Richard Stockton, two signers of the Declaration of Independence.

priJLC_VIEW_000558

Design of bronze monument, commemorative of American Independence

Visual Materials

Image of an eye-level view of a fountain monument commemorating American Independence and tiered with cannons, statues of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, American Revolutionary War generals and soldiers, and images of United States presidents, with George Washington on a horse atop the monument; description printed in margin in English and German.

priJLC_MIL_000609

Rhode Island : city of Newport

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