The Flag That Waved One Hundred Years by E.P. & L. Restein
date: label: date made
content: 1876
name: label: copyright holder
content: Munyon, J. M.
label: maker
content: E.P. & L. Restein
label: publisher
content: National Chromo Company
label: graphic artist
content: Fabronius, Dominique C.
notes: label: Description
content: Titled “The Flag That Waved One Hundred Years: A Scene on the Morning of the Fourth Day of July 1876.” This chromolithograph depicts a tranquil scene with a black man, a white man, two white women, and a little girl raising an American flag on a rooftop or terrace overlooking the U.S .Capitol. The print was drawn by immigrant artist Dominique C. Fabronius and produced by E. P. & L. Restein. It's idealized view of America would have been popular as a Centennial commemorative and it is a clear idication about how important celebrating theFourth of July was as an annual celebration but expecially during the Centennial year.
label: Description
content: Dominique Christian Fabronius (1828-1894) was a Belgium born American artist active from the 1850's until the 1890's. He worked mainly in portraits but did some landscapes and this graphic print which was his most popular work.
label: Description
content: E. P. & L. Restein was a Philadelphia based chromolithographic firm established by brothers Edmund Prosper and Louis (Ludwig) Restein. They were sons of French imigrants Catherine and James Restein. James was a lithographer under P. S. Duval before becoming a manufacturer of paper and cards. His sons worked with him at James Restein & Sons, on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, until they opened a ""chroma " factory creating lampshades, prints, cards and novelties. The firm was in business from 1867 until the firm declared bankruptcy in 1912, after Edmund died in 1890 and Louis in 1894. Their remaining lithographic stones were sold at auction in 1912.
label: Description
content: National Chromo Company was a chromolithography publisher founded by James M. Munyon (1848-1908) and F.W. Spousler. The business was active 1875-1885 first on Chestnut Stree and then on Sansom Street in Philadelphia. The firm was bought out by J. Latham & Co of Boston in 1881,and the name was then changed to refelect new ownership, as well as the product line expanded to selling picture frames as well as prints.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
label: Subject
content: Children
label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1870-1879
label: Subject
content: Blacks
label: Subject
content: Holidays and Celebrations, general
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone
label: Related Publication
content: Marzio, Peter. The Democratic Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2586
label: catalog number
content: 60.2586
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chromolithograph
label: Object Type
content: Chromolithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 20 in x 16 in; 50.8 cm x 40.64 cm