Grand Parade of the Knights Templar Triennial Conclave, San Francisco, August old Boston map issued in the long shadow

issued in the long shadow after the war

and the brick canyons of Market Street where penny postcards once moved faster than the trolleys

The Underground Passage at City Hall — a subterranean tableau from the IRT's earliest years

The Bloodletters Beacon 19 Barber Pole Patent is a piece of living American history — an archival document transformed into a museum-quality framed print for your wall

Grand Parade of the Knights Templar Triennial Conclave, San Francisco, August old Boston map issued in the long shadowGrand Parade of the Knights Templar Triennial Conclave, San Francisco, August a fraternal chromolithograph of plumed helmets and ceremonial swords marching through the bay city, the Masonic order rendered in the ornate civic confidence of a republic that had learned to dress its rituals in industrial age splendor. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives,