Child Labor in the Early 1900s

Child Labor in the Early 1900s

This historical source is a photograph of a 14-year-old newsie taken by sociologist and muckraker photographer Lewis Wickes Hine in February 1910. Hine produced over a hundred photographs documenting child labor in the United States which was instrumental to the...
My daddy bought me a government bond of the third liberty loan.

My daddy bought me a government bond of the third liberty loan.

When the Great War, also referred to as World War I, first erupted in Europe, America “remained neutral” on paper, yet provided supplies and financial assistance to the Allied Powers – France, Great Britain, and Russia.((D.E. Shi (2019). America: A Narrative History...
Corn: The Food of the Nation

Corn: The Food of the Nation

Corn: The Food of The Nation was an American propaganda poster created by Lloyd Harrison for the United States Food Administration in 1918, during the Great War. The Great War was a time in which President Wilson needed to shape the nation in a way to encourage...
Help! The Woman’s Land Army of America

Help! The Woman’s Land Army of America

This poster was created as American propaganda during the first World War in 1918. In the early 20th-century traditional gender roles were still very prominent in America. It was the woman’s job to watch the children, take care of the house, and for men, it was their...