Mid 19th C. Wallpaper Collar Box with Newspaper Debate About Texas Statehood and Postal Rates painting of steam liner I found it in the

I found it in the Hudson River Valley

I'll throw in a few extra dice that I bought along with these

I've been stalking antique prints/book pages documenting astronomical phenomenon of late

displayed on the book shelf--or

Such a surprise and treat to find this one and a smaller companion the other day—Alaskan Inuit

Mid 19th C. Wallpaper Collar Box with Newspaper Debate About Texas Statehood and Postal Rates painting of steam liner I found it in theI found this one along with the other I just listed, perhaps made by the same person, this one I think perhaps a few years earlier, as the newspaper on the underside features transcription of a senate debate relating to whether, now a state, Texas's debts should become the responsibility of the Federal government. (Texas became a state in 1845.) Of course I think like the think of the large, single, star like flower on one side of the box as a nod to