Franz Sigel 19th Century New York canvas art Ebony — deep black with

Ebony — deep black with carved ornate detailing

The Barbers Secret 1879 Folding Razor Patent captures the working geometry of the Victorian barber's trade — the angles

as the tallest thing humankind had ever bolted to the sky

when a country still bleeding from Appomattox had to learn a second kind of grief

Franz Sigel 19th Century New York canvas art Ebony — deep black withFranz Sigel 19th Century the German born Union general rendered in the formal idiom of his adopted republic, his likeness circulated through immigrant regiments who marched under the rallying cry "I fights mit Sigel" toward the bloodied fields of Pea Ridge and New Market. 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