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
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