#melttheicehat #photofunnies #phrygiancap #nokings

Personal scan of a vintage book cover bearing the title History of the United States [Prepared Especially for Schools]. Circa 1878.

#book #cover #history #unitedstates #america #american #americana #usa #emblem #shield #phrygiancap #vintage #antique #boldfrontiers #tergoventus #nicolasraymond

Personal scan from the back side of a vintage bill by the Providence Gas Company. Circa 1898.

#providence #rhodeisland #gas #stove #oven #range #receipt #bill #ephemera #vintage #antique #retro #nostalgia #columbia #phrygiancap #history #americana #boldfrontiers #tergoventus #nicolasraymond

[#ElonMusk5]
Now what is #patriotism?
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Wow, patriotism means becoming #Phrygians! (The #PhrygianCap got hacked...
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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot....

Mosaic of the Three Magi (late 500s CE) in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, at Ravenna, Italy.

Their Smurfy "Phrygian caps" identify them as coming from the east — at the time implying they were Persian Zoroastrians.

Image from Wikimedia Commons

#history #art #mosaic #phrygiancap