Battle of Palo Alto, May 8th 1846 — Americans Under General Taylor Vintage New York Art the parchment's cadence and their

the parchment's cadence and their gathered portraits arranged as a single act of nerve — ink committed to paper while the outcome of the war was still anyone's guess

The Barbers Summons — Patent Drawing of a Victorian Razor Stand and Service Bell reads as a study in restraint — the close

The Defenders of Our Union 19th Century assembles the Federal command in commemorative portraiture — Lincoln at the center of his generals

of the Magnolia Building rising over a prairie city that traded longhorns for skyscrapers in a single generation

bitter retreat through Kentucky's hills toward the Ohio

Battle of Palo Alto, May 8th 1846 — Americans Under General Taylor Vintage New York Art the parchment's cadence and theirBattle of Palo Alto, May 8th 1846 Americans Under General Taylor. The opening engagement of the Mexican War rendered with all the swagger of Manifest Destiny in full march Zachary Taylor's artillery duel on the Texas chaparral, a prelude to annexation drawn while the smoke was still settling. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical