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The image is of a beer dive catering to black and white male and female patrons. A black man and white woman are seated in the dive. The woman is staring downward and the man has a dazed look while sitting on a beer keg. Their clothing is dirty…

The image depicts a beer dive or also known as a two cent restaurant because a roll and coffee were served for two cents. Men are photographed at tables with some slumped over and sleeping while others appear talking. Their clothing is in…

Jacob Riis discussed the large number of saloons where there were 111 places of worship and 4,065 saloons below Fourteenth Street. Patrons were interracial men and women. Young boys frequented the saloons, picking up beer for their elders even…

Jacob Riis reported on his experience of accompanying the police on a raid of a beer dive. He described the filthy dive of beer drinking men and women who scattered as the police entered, only to be captured and arrested. This beer is often…

This advertisement was interesting due to it’s claims for free bicycle samples. Laid out just like a modern car ad, this bicycle ad tries to attract as many different customers as possible. It appeals to those who have more money and want the newest…

This advertisement caught my attention with it’s claim. The title “Easily Earned” refers to the sofa that would be given to anyone who could sell 52 boxes of toilet soaps. The ad also talks about a catalog that could be sent as well. This ad seems…

For my research paper I will be focusing on women's clothing in the 1850's and on and how it defined them. Below are two pictures from a book I found in the library by Elisabeth McClellan titled "Historic Dress in America 1800-1870" and it goes into…

I was drawn to the photos that went along with the article on the US Navy. The image is accompanied by an article talks about the technology that the United States had started to implement in their battleships. The article was written by “An Officer…

These articles appeared consecutively in the December 1895 issue of Metropolitan magazine. "The New Woman: What She Is and What She Does," profiles a series of so-called "New Women" who have occupations including that of department-store…

The illustration here depicts Champ De Mars (Field of Mars) as it will be at its completion. The people of New York were still very interested in progress and foreign accomplishments. New York was growing rapidly at the turn of the century, so…

This series of illustrations was created by Charles Dana Gibson and is titled “A New York Day: ‘Night’” (573-577). This was featured in the November monthly issue of Scribner’s Magazine. Charles Dana Gibson was a famous graphic artist who is best…

This image depicts the Silent Protest Parade on July 28th, 1917, which consisted of 8,000 to 10,000 African Americans protesting the lynching of African Americans and black violence. Civil Rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP organized this…

"Eventually they entered into a dark region where, from a careening building, a dozen gruesome doorways gave up loads of babies to the street and the gutter." (6, Crane)

This particular quote is almost an exact description of the image I have…

The image shows Jewish immigrants en route to America, probably via Ellis Island as it served as the main hub for the immigration of European Jews during the time. The image not only shows Jewish migrants but how the US would start becoming a melting…

The item I choose is an advertisement for diet pills for women called “Tibbetts’ Hydroidic Obesity Pills.” There is a picture of a women that says, “as I was” and then a picture of a women saying “as I am.” These two images are trying to show the…

The item I chose is an etching that depicts a scene in which there seems to be a conflict between a man and a woman. The man is pointing a gun at the woman and she can be seen saying “Why Don’t Ye Shoot”. Louis Loeb, a famous American artist, etched…

The item I chose to examine for this article was one of the many pieces of equipment used by gold miners during the Klondike Gold Rush that was called a “rocker box.” This item was used for the means of separating “alluvial placer gold” from the…

The Vanderbilt-Marlborough Union, at the very beginning of the magazine starts out almost idealizing this marriage describing it as though it was a perfect extremely extravagant wedding just before breaking from this line of progression to state how…

The item chosen is an example of sports journalism back in the 1890s, a summary of a college football game played between Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania, where each team is described in great detail about their season and what…

The item I choose to analyze is an article called “Undergraduate Life at Smith College” This article gives a comprehensive description of what life is like for an average student at Smith College. The audience could be many people, but I believe it…