A late 19th century cut with a highly detailed graphic. It has an early American Indian warrior scouting the distance from atop a rock on the mountaintop. He has what appears to be a primitive rake or other tool. Also wearing a three-feather headpiece, native clothing, and native jewelry. This block has an electrotype copper face mounted on a solid hardwood base. Stamped on one side by Golding and Company Type Foundry, Boston, Massachusetts. This is a 19th century type foundry with no exact date of operation known.


Golding American Indian w Peace Pipe

Another late 19th century cut with a highly detailed graphic. It has a fully adorned American Indian standing at leisure while smoking his peace pipe. He’s wearing a large feathered headpiece, Native American jewelry, and very decoratively embellished native clothing. This block has an electrotype copper face mounted on a solid hardwood base. Stamped on one side by Golding and Company Type Foundry, Boston, Massachusetts. This is a 19th century type foundry with no exact date of operation known.


Improved Order of Redmen Print Block

Finely detailed 19th century cut for the Improved Order of Red Men. It has an opening for customization with 12pt movable type. The current movable type reads: Sassaquah Tribe No.521. The graphic has an Indian chief in the center and has various Native tools and implements around the sides. This block has an electrotype copper face mounted on a solid hardwood base and has no foundry identification stamp. In the late 1700s, social and benevolent Tammany Societies, named after Tamanend, were formed. The most famous of these was New York City's Society of St. Tammany, which grew into a major political machine known as "Tammany Hall." Around 1816, a disenchanted group created the philanthropic "Society of Red Men". From this, the "Improved Order of Red Men" was later formed as a working mans drinking group similar to the Odd Fellows fraternal organization. In 1886 its membership requirements were defined in the same pseudo-Indian phrasing as the rest of the constitution:


Sec. 1. No person shall be entitled to adoption into the Order except a free white male of good moral character and standing, of the full age of twenty-one great suns, who believes in the existence of a Great Spirit, the Creator and Preserver of the Universe, and is possessed of some known reputable means of support.