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Title: One flag, one country. [graphic] : Constitution & laws.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Trimmed., Patriotic print, possibly a poster illustration, containing a central allegorical scene flanked by views of Civil War battlefields. Central scene shows men of all eras and trades, including a sailor with an American flag, raising their arms in salute to the Temple of Liberty elevated upon a rock in the background. Other figures include a farmer with a sickle, a veteran of the American Revolution, and a wagon driver. Also shows boughs of wheat and artisans tools. Battle views show soldiers, including Zouaves, charging, traveling on horseback, and firing a cannon. Variant of print often used as a Civil War envelope design.
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War [5786.F.137a]

Title: The Hottentots butcher ; The Hottentot mat-maker, potter & c
Description: Engravings accompany Chapter XIX, "Of certain Handy-Crafts the Hottentots exercise among themselves." In the foreground of the top image, two pairs of Hottentot [i.e. Khoikhoin] men work separately to butcher two oxen. In the left background, two other men butcher a sheep. A fourth pair boils water in cauldrons; and two others (right) hold the entrails of another animal. The bottom image shows several Hottentot mat-makers and a potter, all of whom appear to be women. (As Kolb wrote, the mat-makers "are, for the most Part, women: And they are very expert in their Business." [p. 236]) In the engraving, the mat-makers are involved in various stages of production: one background figure cuts the reeds out of which the mats will be woven; another woman carries the reeds, and yet another (slightly left of center) lays them on the ground to dry. The woman sitting on the partially finished mat is most likely weaving. In the foreground, a mat-maker strips reeds, while a potter makes a bowl. Several small pots are shown on the ground., Page from Peter Kolb's The Present State of the Cape of Good Hope (London: Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby, at the west end of St. Paul's, MDCCXXXVIII [1738]), vol. 1, p. 226., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Date: [1738]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare U Afri Kolb 532.O v 1 p 226, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2920

Title: Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society. [life membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing a border of vignettes and scenes related to agriculture, horticulture, and industrial arts. Floral pictorial elements, a beehive, and watering can surround the scenes and vignettes. Shows farmers loading hay on a wagon; the coat of arms of Pennsylvania; a Victorian-style farm house; cows and horses at pasture; and figures representing agriculture, a blacksmith, and a sailor. The female agricultural figure sits and holds a sickle and a bale of wheat near an arrangement of farm produce. The artisan, holds a hammer, and stands over an anvil. The sailor, holds a spy glass, and sits next to a crate, barrels, and an anchor. Land and marinescapes are visible behind the figures. The Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society was founded in 1851 by representatives from 50 counties with the object to "foster and improve agriculture, horticulture, and the domestic and household arts." The first annual exhibition of the society was held the same year., Not in Wainwright., Issued to C. F. Peters, ca. 1863. Signed A. B[rower] Longaker, Secretary and Thomas B. Knox, President., Seal of the society blindstamped on recto., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 169, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Certificates - Pennsylvania State Life Membership, Inscribed on verso: Estate of Anna M. Peters Sept. 8, 1938., Knox served as president of the PSAS 1862-1864.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Certificates - Pennsylvania State Life Membership

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