Armory of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry 1863 old New York map The Burkhart Beer Cooler Patent

The Burkhart Beer Cooler Patent a Study in Victorian Temperance & Temptation is a piece of living American history — an archival document transformed into a museum-quality framed print for your wall

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the tribute of a nation newly persuaded of its own reach

The draftsman traces a spine of stone built to outlast the sea — every tread a vertebra

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Armory of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry 1863 old New York map The Burkhart Beer Cooler PatentArmory of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry 1863 a documentary engraving of the oldest mounted unit in continuous service, rendered in the third year of the war when its sabers and stalls had become both heirloom and instrument. The drillyard hush of an institution older than the Republic, pressed into the country's bloodiest decade. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of