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Chase & Bachelder's American Museum of Art

Description: Image of a female allegorical figure leading trains, covered wagons, coaches and prospectors westward across America; Native American Indians, bears, bison, and other wildlife proceed westward ahead of the American expansion at left.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1872-1884
Call number: priJLC_ENT_001682
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
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Bitters S. S. Wyckoff & Co. New York

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Image of an advertisement for bitters sold by S. S. Wyckoff & Co. of New York, New York; allegorical woman figure wearing a liberty cap and holding laurel wreaths in each hand at center surrounded by books, ewers, sculpture, sheaves of grain, grapes, and a draped American flag; United States Capitol building in background; United States seal with eagle at bottom center.

priJLC_MED_002616

Illustrated chart of our American republic

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Image of five color printed vignettes related to American patriotism, union, and temperance at center featuring an American bald eagle, doves, angels, and soldiers with text banners and captions; 20 uncolored portraits of soldiers, men, women, and allegorical figures at left and right.

priJLC_MIL_000820

Sunday school singing. : Sings at the Pilgrim to night. Tickets for sale here

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Image of a full-length portrait of evangelist, singer, and sacred music composer Philip Phillips (also spelled Phillip Phillips), known as the "Singing Pilgrim," sitting at an organ labeled "Smith's American Organ" in formal dress, with two song books labeled "Singing Pilgrim" and "Music Leaves" are on the organ; portrait surrounded by a circular twig border decorated with leaves, flowers, and a banner with song titles, and an image of the allegorical figure of Columbia holding an American flag at top with a bald eagle; the poster advertises a concert by Phillips at the Pilgrim.

priJLC_ENT_002513

Adams & Co's American package express

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Image of a broadside advertising the American Package Express of Adams & Co's with a lithographed image captioned "View of the Great Western & New-York Depot, at South Cove, Boston" in the upper part of sheet depicting an eye-level landscape view of a railroad terminal, two trains, and surrounding buildings in Boston, Massachusetts, with two horse-drawn wagons in the foreground including one labeled "Mail."

priJLC_TRAN_001194

Frederic Bryton : in “Forgiven” the greatest American play ever written

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Image of a father figure, presumably American actor Frederic Bryton, standing and holding a female infant in his arms, with a vignette of a half-length portrait of the little girl, with the caption "Little Leonie" above, inset at top left with a small flower detail and palm fronds visible in left border of image; with text in top and bottom margins advertising performances beginning on August 23, [1886], at the Park Theatre in Brooklyn, New York; the poster advertises the comedic drama "Forgiven" written by Clay M. Greene.

priJLC_ENT_000291

Chase & Bachelder's American Museum of Art

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