United States Land Acquisitions: Johnson c. 1880 Bottles & Tumblers and canals in the city

and canals in the city

government and one of the foremost scientific institutions in the country leading up to the Civil War

This unique phone case features a beautiful antique print of a pair of owlets by the renowned British ornithologist John Gould

paying homage to the timeless allure of early 20th-century fashion

United States Land Acquisitions: Johnson c. 1880 Bottles & Tumblers and canals in the cityAlvin Jewett Johnson was born in Wallingford, Vermont in 1827. He received only a basic public education, but he went on to become a school teacher for several years before moving to Richmond, Virginia and then ultimately to New York City in 1857. In New York, Johnson worked as a book canvasser for the map publisher J. H. Colton and eventually went on to become a successful map publisher himself.