Various Ways of Envisioning the American Identity


 

Facing pages from Gleason's Pictorial, 1851

 

Cover of an American schoolbook, 1853

 

Late 19th century carte de visite celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation

 

"Christianity and Progress," 19th century illustration

 

Cartoon from "The Ram's Horn," an early 20th century "social gospel" magazine

 

"Americans," early 20th century photograph

 

American Life, 1934, Anatol Shulkin (1901 -1961)

 

Painting by popular artist, Norman Rockwell, mid-20th century

 

 

Proposed "Logo" for America, Survey of American Lit Students, Spring 2001

 

For additional images of America, see:

E Pluribus Unum: National Symbols and Slogans (including linked page: Frederick Douglass's Use of American Iconography)

E Pluribus Unum: A Portrait Gallery of "Representative" Americans


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