Mission Nuestra Señora de la Concepción de Acuóa
A living and functioning church full of history, sentiment, and various religious influences
Dorothea Lange
“Migrant Mother” is one of the most haunting images of American lore. Its resonance has increased with a threatening economy.
Paul Revere
A portrait and a depiction of the famous ride
Quilts of the 19th and 20th Centuries
An array of American quilts with an emphasis on the sumptuous Amish quilts of Lancaster County, PA and the more common and entertaining “crazies”
Sheeler/Wright
American landscapes, one bucolic and the other an industrialized setting evoking the River Rouge Ford Motor Co plant outside Detroit
Saint-Gaudens/Homer
The Civil War, its nobility and its toll, during and after
Washington/Lincoln/Franklin
Illustration expanding ways of seeing our great statesmen
Thomas Eakins
Shot on the Schuykill River in Philadelphia, the real location of the painting
Silver of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries
A lovely re-enactment of an 18th century tea party complete with silversmith in the Paul Revere tradition
Wyeth/Rockwell
The noble savage and the great representative of personal freedom -- both encompassing those emotions
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