Sweet Georgia Brown “Negro” Hair Dressing Pomade Tin Produced from the 1930’s through the early 1950’s. This small, never used tin, contained enough hair dressing pomade (hair grease) for one application. The back side says: “For Men and Women” The...
Commissioned by the President’s Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership. Edited by John M. Gries and James Ford. This is one of the series of eleven books written for “Publications of the Presidents Conference on Home Building and Home...
National Baptist Convention Series, 1936, Post Office at Nashville, Tenn., under the Act of March 3, 1879 A Pamphlet for Sunday School lessons for children ages 6-8.from the National Baptist Convention Series, 1936 Reverend A. M. Townsend, D.D.–Corresponding Secretary Rev.erend...
A program for the week-long Chautauqua states “Official Program Jefferson Iowa Independent Chautauqua, twenty second assembly” It features the Elwyn Dramatic Company “In Two Great Plays” and many other performances from operas to “table lifting” and “ghost walking” over the...
Tama Iowa basketball team has a player from the Meskwaki people
This photograph is part of a series of snap shots at a Davenport circus, of which four are in this archive. The photos are all small format snapshots and the circus has highly ornate fronts to exhibits. The photos are...
This photograph is part of a series of snap shots at a Davenport circus, of which four are in this archive. The photos are all small format snapshots and the circus has highly ornate fronts to exhibits. The photos are...
Photograph shows a White woman speaking at a microphone outdoors. Back: a small piece of a newspaper article is glued onto the back of the photo. It reads: “Mrs. Philip F. La Follette. The governor’s wife is shown pinch-hitting for...
This announcement, printed on one side of a thin sheet of paper, states: East Des Moines Booster Club Picnic at South Union Park Monday, August 20, 1934 Basket Picnic; Free Barbecue. Free Ice Cream for the Kiddies. As host to...
This photograph is part of a series of snap shots at a Davenport circus, of which four are in this archive. The photos are all small format snapshots and the circus has highly ornate fronts to exhibits. The photos are...
This photograph is part of a series of snap shots at a Davenport circus, of which four are in this archive. The photos are all small format snapshots and the circus has highly ornate fronts to exhibits. The photos are...
These are two photos ripped from the same album, obviously a pair. One shows three cars, one with a sign in the window saying “Fourth of July Celebration Garwin Iowa”. The other photo shows a group of men posing together....
Front of card: six people outside posed as family group. Back “Dear Clara — We all wish you a happy birthday and health and every good thing in the new year of your life. I’m going to try and clean...
From the website History To You https://www.historytoyou.org/it-s-only-an-image-right “Carter’s Inky Racer Sign, with Original Box and Product, circa 1920 – A product designed to removed ink spots, Carter’s Inky Racer was produced by Carter Ink, which was based out of Boston, Massachusetts, evidence...
Three small format snapshots of three young Black women posing outside with a Japanese parasol.
Author: [COMMUNIST PARTY USA] ” Shall It Be Bullets? Yes, Says Father Coughlin, the Man Behind Lemke. What Do You Say? On September 25 Father Coughlin said in Cincinnati: ‘When the ballot is useless, I shall have the courage to...
Mug shot with three images of Albert Abe who was a prisoner at the penitentiary in Ft. Madison, Iowa. He was assigned #11253, seen across his shoulder in the middle image. Under the images someone wrote “524” in pen. The...
Press photo shows a White woman, Katherine Rush, sitting on the steps of the Iowa capitol building in Des Moines, gazing down and leaning against the wall. On her lap is a large handwritten sign: “Leon Iowa Curtis and Schmidt...
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