by Alexa Parisi | Nov 4, 2020
During World War II, anti-Nazi propaganda was used to help the United States during the war. Some specifically, to persuade Americans to conserve resources so they could be utilized in war. One propaganda poster states, “When you ride ALONE you ride with Hitler! ...
by Jillian Hoff | Nov 4, 2020
Before the 1920s, drinking was an extreme problem in the United States. Drinking was a major problem due to all the crime and corruption it brought about. This is why in 1919, the eighteenth amendment that supported prohibition was ratified. Prohibition is a...
by Raynard Horvath | Mar 18, 2020
This poster was created in nineteen-nineteen by Howard Chandler Christy, and shows a blonde female who appears to be a citizen of the United States in a nursing gown. Behind her is an American flag and the words on top of the flag read The Spirit of America. Below the...
by Ashlin Miller | Mar 17, 2020
The source presented here, at first glance, is a simple photograph of a child from the 1900s. This photograph was taken by photographer Lewis Wickes Hine in 1913. Hine was a photographer during the Progressive Era who was known for documenting the lives of the...
by Rachel Cuevas | Mar 17, 2020
The image presented here shows a disheartened man attending to domestic chores since his wife is a suffragette, portraying the core of anti-suffrage thought. Anti-suffrage was a drive to turn away from the suffrage movement and found its place in many aspects and...