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Date: | 10 27 1915 |
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Description: | Four impoverished men hired by "The Medical Review of Reviews" carry signs with the eugenics slogans, "I am a burden to myself and the State. Should I be a... |
Date: | 04 1950 |
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Description: | A girl on a swing is the subject of photographers demonstrating a technique using high speed flash. |
Date: | 08 06 1934 |
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Description: | Reverend Richard Kiefer of Sacred Heart monastery in Hales Corners, Wisconsin, joins in the bingo competition at a Catholic picnic, as women and children a... |
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Description: | Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey circus performers gathered in front of a circus tent to view a solar eclipse. Some are wearing protective eyeglasses. |
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Description: | A crew of people from the circus, possibly Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey, holding up their catch after a fishing trip. |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | Belle Case La Follette, wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., addressing a group of farmers during a tour on the Chautauqua circuit during which she frequent... |
Date: | 1883 |
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Description: | Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc... |
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Description: | A man and boy pose in front of a giant Paul Bunyan statue. |
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Description: | Elevated view from railing of immigrants boarding a ferry to depart Ellis Island. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Visitors, dressed in their Sunday best, contrast with the rough garb of the miners. Left to right, miners were: Charles Kanass, Robert "Beaver" Smith (hold... |
Date: | 1875 |
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Description: | Large group at Syttende Mai celebration. Group posing with what may be the national and merchant flag of Norway flag. A number of people are holding croque... |
Date: | 09 18 1984 |
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Description: | Jennie Youn Haeng Seider, 4, of Milwaukee, used her father Jeffrey Seider's back to display her new certificate of naturalization. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | Slightly elevated view of the members of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention and their families standing for a portrait at Mount Vernon. |
Date: | 1924 |
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Description: | At Louisiana State University, an instructor lectures a group of children on agriculture using charts prepared by International Harvester Company. The lect... |
Date: | 02 1915 |
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Description: | International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department employee J.E. Waggoner delivers a lecture to children and farmers assembled at Providence School.... |
Date: | 02 22 1915 |
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Description: | African American tenant farmers assembled for a barbecue. The tenants worked for Louis Frank Sessions who is in the front row, third from the left (wearing... |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | View down long table set up outdoors for a feast. Men are standing on both sides, and a young girl is standing between two men on the right. |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department employee W.R. Baughman talking to a small meeting in Dupage County during the Alfalfa Campaign. A... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater. |
Date: | 12 06 1967 |
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Description: | Instructor teaching the harmful effects of smoking, drinking alcohol, and using drugs. |
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