Pioneers of America: Westward the Star of Empire Takes Its Way 1897 2010's Cars & Trucks Alexander Hamilton 1932 — a

Alexander Hamilton 1932 — a Depression-era commemorative likeness of the first Treasury Secretary

Every wrought leg

where the timetable replaced the liturgy and every arriving train was a small act of faith

These are lithographed views of the First State's working capital

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Pioneers of America: Westward the Star of Empire Takes Its Way 1897 2010's Cars & Trucks Alexander Hamilton 1932 — aPioneers of America: Westward the Star of Empire Takes Its Way 1897 borrows Bishop Berkeley's old prophecy and dresses it in late century chromolithograph splendor wagon wheels, trail dust, and the long American habit of mistaking momentum for destiny. By 1897 the frontier was already declared closed, which makes this image less reportage than mythmaking in arrears. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical