Justus Henry Rathbone, Founder and Past Supreme Chancellor of the Order of Knights of Pythias, 1890s old_tacoma The Mink Paper Clip Patent

The Mink Paper Clip Patent of 1919 — Blueprint of the Humble Binding is a piece of living American history — an archival document transformed into a museum-quality framed print for your wall

A mourning print from the long aftermath

the hollowed eyes

sinewy men who made the American turf — silks and stirrups rendered with the reverence usually reserved for generals

Justus Henry Rathbone, Founder and Past Supreme Chancellor of the Order of Knights of Pythias, 1890s old_tacoma The Mink Paper Clip PatentJustus Henry Rathbone, Founder and Past Supreme Chancellor of the Order of Knights of Pythias, 1890s a fraternal portrait engraving of the schoolteacher who, in the smoldering aftermath of the war, dreamed up a brotherhood modeled on Damon and Pythias, regalia and ritual offered as balm to a fractured republic. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives,