This newspaper features articles on “Housing Conditions: Capitalism and Our Children;” “The Ideology of the Black Panther Party,” and “Pentagonized Society,” among others. The front page shows children playing in squalid conditions and states “We want decent housing for the...
The article in full states “Mrs. Katherine Bryson, president of Mothers for Dignity and Justice, a group of welfare mothers, Friday, told how she and Mrs. Pat Auch were arrested at Hotel Savery Thursday night during a welfare banquet. Mrs....
A photo with gilt edges showing an posh Victorian room with two boys and a girl. One boy, holding a stereocards, sits in a velvet chair, his foot on an ottoman. The girl, seated in a rocking chair, holds a...
This postcard has an unusual calendar list on the front for the Onondaga Tribe and says that “Onondaga Tribe No. 52 Requests your presence.” From the list of all possible days and months and several topics, the items underlined are...
photos shows four people–two Black women and two daughters– in elegant dresses posing in studio. Bottom of front says “J.P. King, K. Photographer, Hawkeye, Iowa” back” shows a drawing of an artist’s palette and brushes on an easel with flowers....
Front picture shows six women and one man posed comfortably in a group, the man seated in the center, in a studio. The left side of the photo reads “Pearson, East Sixth and Locust St., Des Moines” Back is blank....
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...
Studio and place name in gold on lower front cardboard frame. Embossed in cursive, the location given is “Pardoe. Half Block Northwest of Square in Newton, Iowa” Handwritten In cursive on the back in ink: “Property of Kathleen Webb”
many beautiful baby contests were related to eugenics. They contests were often held at state fairs. The band in the photo is posing at a pavilion with signs advertising “Prize Baby Contest.” The caption under the photo says “470. Calmar...
front: “Compliments of the Western Wheel Scraper company. Manufacturers, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.” in between the sentences is a large photo of two young Black children, a boy and a girl, in the snow. houses are in the background. The boy...
Chicago American newspaper, September 27, 1955, p. 17. Rallies Protest Till Acquittal, Till mentioned on inside with photos of Mother-Mamie Bradley, and Father-John Carthan. Article about Chicago rally staged by the Metropolitan Community Church in Chicago.
CDV photograph of enslaved children in New Orleans with Caucasian phenotype, by Charles Paxson, New York. These cdvs were sold to raise money for abolitionist causes and create awareness and empathy for enslaved people. 1864. From the website: “Photograph shows...
E.E. Neal, Keota, Iowa postcard of a boy feeding chickens near a barn.Mailed to West Liberty Iowa.
Stereoview published by Underwood & Underwood Photograph by Strohmeyer & Wyman This stereoview depicts a group of women, children and a man sitting and standing by a doorway to a clapboard building. All the adults hold children on their laps...
Photo shows a number of people are posing, some with participating young children, for the Baby Health Contest. Many such contests were eugenics related. Names of people in the postcard are identified on the back and this leads to the...
Victorian Era photograph of a young girl named Marjorie Rockenback sitting in a period Victorian room – appears to be the parlor – surrounded by bookshelves, a child’s chair, pictures, pillows, a toy dog a statue & a doll. In...
Words by Sam.M. Lewis and Joe Young; Music by Geo. W. Meyer. Waterson Berlin & Snyder Col publishers at the Strand Theater Bldg Broadway at 47th Street New York To hear song, press link above 13.625″h x 10.5″w
Large albumen photo shows a Victorian home interior with a wall hung from floor to ceiling with artworks in fancy frames.
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