The Statue of Liberty?s torch goes on display at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia. As a way to raise funds to build a pedestal for Lady Liberty, for a small donation visitors could climb a staircase inside the statue and get a bird?s-eye view of the festivities. Shipped from France to the United States in 350 pieces, the statue was reassembled and finally dedicated in 1886.
(photo: Library of Congress)
Whether they produced battlefield images of the dead or daguerreotype portraits of common soldiers, […]
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William Frederick Cody (1846-1917) led a signal life, from his youthful exploits with the Pony Express and in service as a U.S. Army scout to his globetrotting days as a showman and international icon Buffalo Bill.
If you needed some motivation during the war years, there was probably a poster for that.
