MAKE A MEME View Large Image GreatSealPress1878.jpg George Bartle who was the seal caretaker from 1852-99 the longest serving custodian in State Department history alongside the Great Seal of the United States and its press Drawn by William Allen Rogers for the March ...
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Keywords: GreatSealPress1878.jpg George Bartle who was the seal caretaker from 1852-99 the longest serving custodian in State Department history alongside the Great Seal of the United States and its press Drawn by William Allen Rogers for the March 1878 Harper ™s Magazine The press was a product made by R Hoe Company first called Leviathan and later the Inca press and its design was inspired by American interest in Peru during the 1840s and 1850s The company began making the product in 1854 and it is unknown when the U S Government purchased its copy possibly in 1866 when a counterdie was first employed necessitating a new press This press was replaced in 1877 before the Harpers article was even published when a newer die was made Information from The Eagle and the Shield Patterson 1978 LOC-image cph 3b01459 Taken from Harper's New Monthly Magazine http //digital library cornell edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx c harp;idno harp0056-4 Volume 56 Issue 334 March 1878 article State and Society in Washington by Martha J Lamb page 485 1878-03 William Allen Rogers 1854-1931 http //diplomacy state gov/exhibitions/101354 htmhttp //www sil si edu/imagegalaxy/imagegalaxy_imageDetail cfm id_image 5283 PD-US PD-Old 1878 in the United States Great Seal of the United States William Allen Rogers Reading men Martha J Lamb
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