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A Guide to the R. L. Day Papers, 1924
Biographical NoteAt the time he was marketing this print, R. L. Day was a resident of De Leon, Texas. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsConsists of one print of a pen and ink drawing. The subject is “The American Shield.” It contains the words “In God We Trust,” “Patriotism,” and “Home.” The design includes a set of symbolic birds representing the wars that the United States had been in up to 1924, a bird’s nest with eggs representing home and a large star that the legend on the back of the image says refers to the face of Christ. Other birds in the image are symbolic of various events and ideas essential to the foundation of the United States as this artist saw it. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsThe collection is open for research. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationR. L. Day Papers, 1924, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. Processing InformationBasic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Papers
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