Miss Columbia

 

 

 

Columbia as a symbol of America is also seen in examples below with Uncle Sam.

As the namesake of the Columbia Phonograph Company, Columbia has her own phonograph connected story.

"Columbia as the Spirit of the Frontier, carrying telegraph lines across the Western frontier to fulfill manifest destiny." American Progress by John Gast, 1872 (Courtesy Library of Congress)

 

1893 World's Columbian Exposition Souvenir Booklet - Kingsford's Oswego Starch. Lithograph by Forbes Co., Boston (Disclaimer)

Uncle Sam and Columbia Awakening from a Midsummer Night's Dream, by Victor Gillam, Judge, 1893