James K. Polk, Governor of the State of Tennessee, 1838 juhn trumbull art a Vanished Thoroughfare conjures the

a Vanished Thoroughfare conjures the lost elegance of upper Manhattan when brownstone stoops met carriage traffic and the avenue still wore its Sunday best

and the orderly choreography of constitutional succession

Governor of Indiana 1862-1864

1886 — a commemorative lithograph issued more than two decades after Grant's men swept up the Tennessee escarpment

James K. Polk, Governor of the State of Tennessee, 1838 juhn trumbull art a Vanished Thoroughfare conjures theJames K. Polk, Governor of the State of Tennessee, 1838 catches the future president mid ascent, still a Jacksonian foot soldier in Nashville before Manifest Destiny found its loudest advocate. The portrait carries the severe composure of a man already rehearsing the annexations to come. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical