1857 Wood Engraving South Africa Soyola Wife Commodore Perry Japan XGA5 XENA7 Embossed Gold Paper

Embossed Gold Paper

153-5 La Salle Street

The Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition was a World's Fair which ran from May 1 to October 31 of 1897 in Nashville

This is a small original 1906 black and white print ad for John Carle & Sons of 153 Water Street in New York

Crete is the largest of all Greek islands

1857 Wood Engraving South Africa Soyola Wife Commodore Perry Japan XGA5 XENA7 Embossed Gold PaperThis is an original 1857 black and white wood engraving of the wife of Soyola from United States Naval Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to the Orient. Between the years of 1852 and 1854, President Millard Filmore ordered United States Navy Commodore Matthew Clabraith Perry to lead a squadron to Japan in order to establish diplomatic relations, open economic trade ports and protect American property and seamen in the country. At the time, Japan