The collection gathers linen views and real-photo postcards of a high-desert town that branded itself
1882 — a temperance broadside from the height of the dry crusade
every bolt threaded into Chesapeake mud is rendered with the patience of a draftsman who knew this little red drum had to outlast the river itself
The Veiled Wanderer Venus in Her Celestial Masquerade — a Victorian astronomical plate that renders our sister planet not as a body but as a costumed mystery
the Music Hall's vertical blade and ribboned marquee burning above a sidewalk thick with overcoats and upturned faces
Prohibition: Our Country is Free, Shall Remain Free! 1882 Frame Style:Ebony Frame The collection gathers linen viewsProhibition: Our Country is Free, Shall Remain Free! 1882 a temperance broadside from the height of the dry crusade, when reformers wrapped the bottle and the ballot in the same revolutionary rhetoric, conscripting the language of 1776 to wage a quieter war against the saloon. 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