American Order of United Mechanics 19th Century Frame Style:Bourbon Frame Alexander Hamilton 1896 — a

Alexander Hamilton 1896 — a Gilded Age portrait reaching backward across a century to claim the architect of the Treasury as patron saint of American finance

his likeness fixed at the threshold of an administration that would shepherd the state through McKinley's ascent and the slow machinery of Gilded Age statehouse politics

The Gentlemans Morning Ritual Patent Drawing No 1879553 is a piece of living American history — an archival document transformed into a museum-quality framed print for your wall

and Jackson's long shadow

Republican Platform of 1908 Theodore Roosevelt — the party's printed creed at the close of TR's second term

American Order of United Mechanics 19th Century Frame Style:Bourbon Frame Alexander Hamilton 1896 — aAmerican 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