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each arc and isobar a quiet argument that the sea answers to the heavens

and edges that turned a daily chore into a small civic ceremony

where blue-coated men posed against the Tennessee River's sweep — the camera catching soldiers who would soon march into the smoke at Missionary Ridge

The Gentlemans Vice Patent Drawing for Hands Free Cigar Apparatus captures the gentleman's vice at its most engineered — the holders

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Woodmen of the World Father JC Root 1890 Frame Style:Canvas Wrap each arc and isobar aWoodmen of the World Father JC Root 1890 a fraternal portrait of Joseph Cullen Root, founder of the order whose carved tree tombstones would soon dot American cemeteries from Omaha to the Carolinas, rendered with the solemn ornament that lodge culture demanded of its patriarchs. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the