Franz Sigel 19th Century New York canvas art and the natural patina of

and the natural patina of a document that has lived for nearly two hundred and fifty years

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

Ebony — deep black with carved ornate detailing

and the broad prairie main street where ranch country met railroad town under an open Dakota sky

Franz Sigel 19th Century New York canvas art and the natural patina ofFranz 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