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Abraham Lincoln the Martyr President 1865 arrives draped in the heavy black crepe of April

uncomplicated

April 18th 1847

this lithograph crowds the founding generation into one impossible drawing room

every blade angle and ferrule taper drawn as if the draftsman knew bowhunters of the Reagan era argued cutting diameters the way fly fishermen argue tippet

"US Design Patent No. 18316 Surfboard by John E O'Herron Size:36x24 Abraham Lincoln the Martyr PresidentUs Design Patent No. 18316 Surfboard by John E Oherron Detroit Michigan (patented June 1 1958) a design filing from a Detroit inventor a thousand miles from any breaking wave, drafted in the years just before foam and fiberglass would remake the lineup and longboards still meant solid wood under bare feet. The schematic carries the clean tapered silhouette of an era when surfing was crossing from Waikiki ritual into American obsession. About the