1857 Wood Engraving Priest Costume Shimoda Japan Commodore MC Perry XGA5 XHD4 This is an original 1915

This is an original 1915 black and white print ad for the Eveready Flashlights from American Ever Ready Works located in Long Island

Chicago was finally designated the official site and the Exposition was built on 630 acres in and around Jackson Park

He served as judge in the Michigan Territory and later the Wisconsin Territory

while carrying the passengers behind them

Beatrice Straight

1857 Wood Engraving Priest Costume Shimoda Japan Commodore MC Perry XGA5 XHD4 This is an original 1915This is an original 1857 black and white wood engraving of a priest in full customary dress in Simoda (Shimoda), Japan, from United States Naval Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to the Orient. Between the years of 1852 and 1854, President Millard Filmore ordered United States Navy Commodore Matthew Clabraith Perry to lead a squadron to Japan in order to establish diplomatic relations, open economic trade ports and protect American property and