The stench of decomposing bodies was overpowering, the terrible smell made all the more repugnant by the stifling July heat. It was no job for a woman who was six months' pregnant, and yet, Elizabeth Thorn somehow met the moment.
An exhibition at the Florence Griswold Museum explores how Currier & Ives lithographs depicted the country, influenced by America s 19th century tastes
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