John Amory Lowell 1895 oakland_canvas These postcards trade in dune

These postcards trade in dune grass and dory boats

summoned back into circulation as the Union bled through its third year — the founder's likeness pressed into service as moral ballast

Henry Clay 1835-1852 — a portrait of the Great Compromiser across the years he spent stitching the Union together with words alone

William Cabell Rives

John Amory Lowell 1895 oakland_canvas These postcards trade in duneJohn Amory Lowell 1895 a late century portrait of the Boston Brahmin merchant and trustee, rendered in the dignified manner reserved for men whose fortunes shaped textile mills and library endowments alike. The image carries the quiet gravity of Gilded Age Massachusetts, where commerce wore the face of civic duty. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives,