Landing of the American Forces Under Genl Scott at Vera Cruz March 9th 1847 framed barber pole the city rendered not by

the city rendered not by skyline but by the tunnels that made it move

printed in the war's final spring

The draftsman's hand lingers over the gallery railings and the careful geometry of the focal plane

before the country had time to learn what peace would cost

Landing of the American Forces Under Genl Scott at Vera Cruz March 9th 1847 framed barber pole the city rendered not byLanding of the American Forces Under Genl Scott at Vera Cruz March 9th 1847. A documentary lithograph of Winfield Scott's amphibious assault on the Mexican coast surfboats lowering into the Gulf, the city's walls waiting in the haze Manifest Destiny rendered in disciplined ranks and gunwales. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical