His Eminence Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of New York, 1875 Toilet_Canvas_Art The scene carries the hush

The scene carries the hush of arrival — vaulted tile

looping through their epicycles like clockwork pilgrims

19th Century — a paired portrait of Rutherford and Lucy from the uneasy aftermath of the contested 1876 election

California San Francisco arrives in fog and cable-car bells — a postcard city of Nob Hill terraces

1848 — a campaign lithograph of the Kentucky general Lewis Cass tapped as running mate

His Eminence Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of New York, 1875 Toilet_Canvas_Art The scene carries the hushHis Eminence Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of New York, 1875. A commemorative portrait marking the elevation of the first American cardinal Rome's red hat settled upon a Manhattan see, the immigrant Church stepping into the civic light of a republic still stitching itself back together. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical