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Subtitle: The Mechanic Arts.

Title: Elevator - August 11, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)

The writer urges his readers to encourage their children to become mechanics, which broadens their opportunities for employment later in life.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: The Fine Arts.

Title: Elevator - July 14, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)

The writer alerts his readers to engravings and artwork currently available for sale that depict images of Abraham Lincoln and the end of slavery.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: The Fine Arts.

Title: Elevator - June 2, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)

The writer describes a couple of sites along a street in San Francisco. He details some of the artwork available in shops there that depicts the changing social image of African Americans.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: The Mechanic's Fair.

Title: Elevator - September 1, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)

The writer offers a brief review of a Mechanics Fair he attended.

Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page

Subtitle: The Fine Arts--Music, Painting and Poetry.

Title: Elevator - September 8, 1865

Speaker or author: editor

Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)

The writer expresses his thoughts on the current rush of artistic and poetic expression inspired by the ending of four years of war.

Description of file(s): two scanned newspaper pages (three columns)

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