Biography
Having completed his degree in history, Zachary has since worked in journal publishing and a university press. Most recently, he has joined the encyclopedia as an image editor, combining both his interests in the telling of history and for the visual recording and preservation of the past.
Current favourite slice of history: Interregnum England (the Van Dyke beards!; the woodcut prints!; the folk ballads!).
Education
- B.A. (Hons) History, McGill University
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Franklin Pierce - The United States' 14th President
Portrait of Franklin Pierce, oil on canvas by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1853. Franklin Pierce...
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General Franklin Pierce
Portrait of Franklin Pierce in military garb, engraving by Waterman Lilly Ormsby, c. 1852. Before Franklin Pierce would...
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Great Footrace for the Presidential Purse, 1852
Great Footrace for the Presidential Purse ($100,000 and Pickings) Over the Union Course 1852, lithograph...
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Dividing the National Map - The Four-Way Race of the 1860 Presidential Election
Dividing the National Map, lithograph on wove paper, c. 1860. Here, a cartoon...
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William H. Seward
Portrait of William H. Seward, photograph by Mathew Brady, c. 1860-1865. William H. Seward served in the legislature of his...
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John C. Breckinridge
Portrait of John C. Breckinridge in military attire, print by Currier & Ives Lithography Company, c. 1865. Depicted here...
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Andrew Johnson's Tailor Shop
The First Sanctum of Our President, photograph by T. M. Schleier, Greeneville, Tennessee, c. 1865. Before he entered...
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Death of Andrew Johnson
Death of the Hon. Andrew Johnson: U.S. Senator from Tennessee and Ex-President of the United States, lithographic print...
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U.S. Senate Ticket to the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
U.S. Senate gallery ticket to the impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson, Washington...
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Homestead and the Building of the Barbed Wire Fences
The Homestead and the Building of the Barbed Wire Fences, oil on paperboard by John Steuart Curry...
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Early Homestead, Nicodemus, Kansas
Early homestead, Nicodemus, Kansas, c. late 19th century. The Homestead Act of 1862 accelerated settlement of...
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Calypso
Calypso, oil on canvas by George Hitchcock, c. 1906. Hitchcock here renders the mythological nymph Calypso, famously told as the captor...
