The Gallant Capt. Walker of the Texan Rangers Who Fell at the Battle of Huamantla on the 9th of October 1847 Frame Style:Bourbon Frame before Buffalo

before Buffalo

A union document from the coal-dust end of the century

The scene reads like a society column rendered in silver gelatin

or a kitchen that takes its beer seriously

The Gallant Capt. Walker of the Texan Rangers Who Fell at the Battle of Huamantla on the 9th of October 1847 Frame Style:Bourbon Frame before BuffaloThe Gallant Capt. Walker of the Texan Rangers Who Fell at the Battle of Huamantla on the 9th of October 1847 a memorial lithograph for Samuel Walker, the Ranger captain whose death in a Mexican plaza became one of those small, useful martyrdoms by which Manifest Destiny bought its own mythology. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical