Plate from a children's book of historic tales
1912
An illustration from part four of "The Bookshelf for Boys and Girls: Historic Tales and Golden Deeds," issued in New York by the University Society in 1912. The volume retold American history for young readers, and the surrounding pages run through events of the 1890s. Digitised from a copy at the David O. McKay Library, Brigham Young University-Idaho.
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