Missouri St Louis maine postcard The Loewy Sharpener Patent —

The Loewy Sharpener Patent — a Study in Streamlined Obsession is a piece of living American history — an archival document transformed into a museum-quality framed print for your wall

1849 — a Senate portrait of Alexander Mouton at the close of his term

the strain — drawn with a seriousness usually reserved for industrial machinery

and lithographed views of Capitol Boulevard stretching dust-clean toward the Sawtooths

Every brace and disc foundation is drawn with the patience of a man who knew the Florida reef takes ships the way salt takes iron

Missouri St Louis maine postcard The Loewy Sharpener Patent —Missouri St Louis rises in these postcards beneath the silver curve of the Mississippi Eads Bridge stitched across the water, Union Station's clocktower keeping time, and the breweries along Pestalozzi Street smoking through the river haze of a city that once called itself the Gateway. About the Source Bella Frye curates American postcards from the great postcard golden age (1900s 1930s) greetings cards, large letter cards, real photo postcards, and