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This photograph depicts an early KKK of 1870, Division 289 from Watertown, New York. At this point of the KKK existence, members did not always hide their identity.

These combined posters represent primary sources from the Civil Rights Movement.

This picture depicts one of the separate drinking water that enforces segregation between African Americans and Whites.

1 map; 44 x 57 cm. Scale 1 inch equals 1000 feet. Drawn by W. Owen. "This map indicates nothing more than a proposed general plan of development of lands thereon designated." Proposed camp site and St. Helens Inn hand drawn in color.The town of…

Political Cartoon from 1921 showing disapproval of immigration to the United States.

These gifts are useful and ornamental. The ladie's ivory opera glass is gilt manted with an engraved monogram. The gentlemen's leather-covered field glass has a monogram in piered silver. Mounted in Aluminum, tortoise-shell or Pearl. Negretti and…

The "Kangaroo" Safety Bicycle is advertised as being faster than any bicycle, safer than any tricycle, 100 miles on the road, and a time of 7 hours 11 minutes and 10 seconds, every record of any kind of bicycle or tricycle eclipsed by 71 minutes.…

This blood purifier called Cuticera Resolvent is the only blood purifier that forever eradicated the virus of inherited and contagious blood poisons. These blood poisons include Bad Blood Scrofulous, inherited and contagious with loss of hair,…

Goldsmiths' and Silversmiths' Company create silver spoons and forks, pots, table cutler, etc. just for your liking. Using real silver and gold, Goldsmiths' and Silversmiths' try to create the best quality kitchenware for the consumer. Goldsmiths'…

The purest, most palatable, most digestible, and most efficacious cod liver oil. This cod liver oil is encouraged to be used by multiple doctors who say it is very useful, will not cause nausea, and is a very pure oil. This advertisement is…

Major League Baseball Player Union information and history of how it was created. Anything Involved with Major League Baseball Player Unions.

Major League Baseball Player Union information and history of how it was created. Anything Involved with Major League Baseball Player Unions.

KKK recruitment pamphlet stating goals and ideals as well as requirements for joining.

"Cartoon shows two pairs of hands grasping for an Atom Bomb, one with a sleeve bearing a star and a cufflink reading "US," the other with a hammer and sickle. Probably drawn after President Truman announced in September 1949 that the Soviet Union had…

This product is a relief medicine for colds, coughing. or any problematic lung conditions. There are testimonies provided by consumers who have used to product, which is used to gain credibility of the company. It advocates to be a more safe, more…

A food product when consumed will strengthen the whole body. It is made by the leading bakers who create genuine pieces of loaf. The image emphasis's just how nutritional the bread is and can only be that great of a product if it is stamped by Hovis.…

The image for the product consists of several belts which are guaranteed to be of the best quality. There is a list of strength for why to purchase the belts as well as a paragraph solidifying the credibility about the company.

A simple advertisement using the image of two infants who appear both healthy and happy as a result of consuming Neave's Food. Below the image is a testimony explaining the benefits of buying the product.

The detailed drawing of the product is aesthetically appealing enough to grab the readers attention. There is no real description besides at the bottom which states the best way to order the product and that it is made from the "finest limes in the…

1 map; 23 x 28 cm. At the direction of the U.S. Government, Captain Randolph Marcy prepared a handbook for western emigrants. This book, "The Prairie Traveler", proved an invaluable aid for those traveling across America by wagon. In addition to…

The Lux product is not just for laundry but it is also for hair washing, silverware polishing and even for a luxurious bath. The image on the advertisement is a little misleading since it depicts the opposite of what the product is about. The image…

Looks like hygiene and being clean was a big thing in the turn of the century. In this advertisement they use mainly women who are all dressed up. The target audience is obviously women and it is more obvious in the description where they use words…

It is clear right away that this ad is on medicine for influenza or the flu. Obviously the flu wasn't something to take light;y at this point in history. It still isn't but it is safe to say that it is very curable. In this advertisement it shows a…

What most people might picture when they think about early 20th century house decor is wooden floors, large center rugs and wooden furniture. From a look at this advertisement, it is safe to say that those assumptions are pretty correct. It looks…

3 maps on 1 sheet : col. ; each 58 x 40 cm. or smaller, sheet 82 x 44 cm., folded to 22 x 11 cm.Relief shown by hachuresShows steamship routes and includes table of distancesText and col. ill. on versoAt head of panel title: Black Ball Line"June,…

1 view : col. ; 50 x 69 cm.Relief shown pictorially and by spot heightsShows agricultural land in cultivation, in timber and mountainous timbered region"Copyrighted 1891, by Charles H. Baker & Co""The American Mediterranean. This picture represents a…

1 map; 31 x 32 cm. Map shows incorporated and unincorporated land, railways, interurban roads, principal roads, elevations, schools, and the Yakima Indian Reservation. The Ahtanum Irrigation District is marked in red. Ahtanum Creek borders the north…

[get dimensions]. This postcard was sent from Masako Furuta to George and Koto Hirahara on July 31, 1945 from Salt Lake City, Utah when the Hirahara's were living in Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. In the postcard, Furuta describes her…

Photograph of Union Major General Benjamin Butler. Military governor of occupied New Orleans, American Civil War.