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Scientific American Ad, The American Missionary, 1878.
An advertisement, in The American Missionary, for Scientific American. "The whole presented in popular language, free from technical terms, and illustrated with engravings, and so arranged as to interest and inform all classes of readers, old and…
A "hovel" of the 1900s
This home is considered to be a “hovel”. It is the home to two African American families in Washington, D.C in 1935. The home is very tiny, especially for two families living it in. There is not much more to the house other than what is seen in…
Orphanages in the late 1800's
This image is of the Protestant Orphan School in 1870, an orphanage created by a religious institution. This orphanage is located in Australia but it resembles an orphanage in America during this time. The Protestant Orphan School was originally…
A Growler Gang in Session [the Montgomery Guards at West 37th Street Dock]
A group of gang members hanging out and drinking beer at the docks is depicted. They are dressed in dirty clothes and a dog is with them. This was typical behavior for a gang in Maggie’s neighborhood.
Rushing the Growler [Beer Can]
The image portrays a young boy carrying his beer can on the way to a saloon or beer dive to retrieve beer for an adult. He is dressed in dirty clothes. The image could have been Maggie’s brother, Jimmie, as he retrieves beer for the elderly…
In a Dive
The image depicts a black man and several white women sitting in a beer dive. One woman is slumped, sleeping at a table. The patrons’ clothing is tattered or in disrepair and the room appears plain and unadorned. Maggie’s neighborhood contained…
A Down-Town Morgue
The image is a saloon or beer dive because alcohol bottles are displayed behind the bar. Black and white men patronize the facility. Their clothing is tattered, in disrepair, and dirty. The expressions on the patrons’ faces are serious or staring…
A Black-and-Tan Dive in Africa
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…
An All-Night Two-Cent Restaurant in the Bend
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…
The Reign of Rum
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…
A Raid on the Stale-Beer Dives
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…
Colored Orphan Asylum
In 1836, three Quakers, Anna and Hanna Shotwell and Mary Murray, founded the Colored Orphan Asylum to provide assistance to homeless black children in New York City. This was the first establishment made for homeless black children in America. It was…
5000 Bicycles
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…
Easily Earned
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…
Women's Fashion in late 19th Century
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…
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Louis Armstrong was an important figure in the development of jazz music. He influenced the jazz we know today as a pivotal trumpeter, singer and song writer. He was one of the first popular African-American entertainers. Starting with his trumpet…
Lenox Avenue
This photo is an picture of Lenox Avenue in the 1920s. Lenox Ave seems to be a predominately African American area and also very busy and bustling. Lenox Ave is filled with identical buildings, all of which have the same height, same width, and…
A Hundred Years of the United States Navy
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…
Whites in the Cotton Club
"So thousands of whites came to Harlem night after night, thinking the Negroes loved to have them there, and firmly believing that al Harlemites left their houses at sundown to sing and dance in cabarets, because most of the whites saw nothing but…