The Constitution and the flag. The republic not the empire. An American system of finance. National prosperity not trust prosperity – Vintage Wall Art
![The Constitution and the flag. The republic not the empire. An American system of finance. National prosperity not trust prosperity, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/30/30b8f514192d-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: The Constitution and the flag. The republic not the empire. An American system of finance. National prosperity not trust prosperity, preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Constitution and the flag. The republic not the empire. An American system of finance. National prosperity not trust prosperity
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Its title sets a sharp contrast: a republic rather than an empire, and a system of national prosperity rather than one built on trusts. The Constitution and the flag are presented as the emblems of that choice. The shelflist card does not record a date, but the wording points to the late 1890s, when Americans argued over overseas expansion, monopolistic trusts, and the currency. The print came from American Lithographic Co., a New York firm that produced many inexpensive color prints for mass audiences. Such prints were often campaign or editorial propaganda, so the text itself is the best guide to what they wanted viewers to believe.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: American Lithographic Co. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,075 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176658 |
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