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1859 Alexander Jackson Davis (American architect, 1803-1892), State House,...
Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892), State House, Boston. 1859
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Women Working - 1824 "Proper" Occupaions for Women in America
From James Fenimore Cooper, Notions of the AmericansNEW-ENGLAND. 1824. On the Proper Occupations of Women in America.Edward Lamson Henry (American Painter, 1841-1919) Woman with a BabyThere is...
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson tells of his 1st meeting with reculsive poet Emily...
"Emily Dickinson's Letters" by Thomas Wentworth Higginson Atlantic Monthly, October, 1891Emily Dickinson 1830-1886Few events in American literary history have been more curious than the sudden rise of...
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1857 Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
William Miller Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. 1857
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A Few Plain Women
.Gorge Henry Durrie (1820-1863) Sarah Murcelus 1841 George Cooke (1793–1849) Lucie Harvie Hull of Athens, Georgia James Reid Lambdin (1807–1889) Sarah Joseph Hale Erastus Salisbury Field (1805–1900)...
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1857 American Farm Yard
Fanny Palmer (American artist, 1812-1876) Published by N Currier American Farm Yard 1857
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Children - Against all odds...
John George Brown (American artist, 1831-1913) BluffingAbbott Fuller Graves (American artist, 1859 – 1936) The Fisherman's Lesson John Eastman (American Painter, fl 1842-1880) Ice Skater or Child...
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The Villiage Blacksmith
Fanny Palmer (American artist, 1812-1876) Published by N Currier The Village Blacksmith
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19th-Century Presidents Celebrate the 4th of July in while in Office
This chronology offers us a glimpse at how America's 19th-century presidents celebrated the 4th of July, while they were in office.Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) 1801-1809 1801- Jefferson hosts the...
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Women Giving 4th of July Orations & Presentations in Early 19th-Century America
For the first 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Indpendence on the 4th of July, American women would present their appreciation of the nation's hard-won liberty as handiwork in the form...
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1862 Country Morning
Fanny Palmer (American artist, 1812-1876) Published by N Currier Life in the Country Morning 1862
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Outdoors on the 4th of July - 1st Celebration at the White House
The First Fourth of July Celebration at the President’s HouseThomas Jefferson by Charles Peale PolkAlthough John Adams was the first president to occupy the executive mansion, it was Thomas Jefferson...
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1850 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Alexander Jackson Davis (American architect, 1803-1892), Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1850
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Lady Liberty in 18th & Early 19th-Century America
.For the first 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Indpendence on the 4th of July, American women would present their appreciation of the nation's hard-won liberty as handiwork in the form...
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4th of July Celebrations in 19th-Century America
This chronolgy offers a glimpse at how the 4th of July was celebrated in good times and bad in 19th-century America.1800- In New York, the first local advertisements for fireworks appear and at the...
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The Picnic
A few paintings of picnics in 19th century America... Jerome Thompson (American artist, 1814-1886) RecreationJerome Thompson (American artist, 1814-1886) The Belated Party on Mansfield MountainThomas...
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1852 Riding in a Carriage
Chevaux & Voitures. Phaeton a Caisse Fixe. Published by W. Schaus, New York. 1852
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At Public gatherings
Edward Lamson Henry (American genre artist, 1841–1919) The Pillory and Whipping Post, New Castle, DelawareGeorge Caleb Bingham (American genre painter, 1811-1879) The Verdict of the PeopleGeorge Caleb...
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Women and children in small boats...
William H Lippencott (American artist, 1849-1920)Louis Lang (American artist, 1814–1893) Reminiscenes of Lake Mahopac New York Ladies Preparing for a Boat RaceFrancis Coates Jones (American artist,...
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At the beach
Samuel S. Carr (American genre artist, 1837–1908) Children on the BeachEdward Lamson Henry (American genre artist, 1841–1919) East Hampton BeachWinslow Homer (American artist, 1836-1910) Beach Scene,...
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