The Golden West 19th Century Frame Style:Verdigris Frame An astronomical lithograph from the

An astronomical lithograph from the age when the ephemeris was scripture and the morning star a doctrine unto itself

President Rutherford B

and the breweries along Pestalozzi Street smoking through the river haze of a city that once called itself the Gateway

and switchback railroads that stitched the Mountain State together one ridge at a time

The Golden West 19th Century Frame Style:Verdigris Frame An astronomical lithograph from theThe Golden West 19th Century conjures the cartographer's romance of a continent still being inventoried wagon track and rail line, mining camp and grazing range, all gilded by the century's restless faith that the horizon owed something to those who reached it. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the lithographic