by Madalynn Ramos | Nov 21, 2025
The source I chose consists of a black-and-white image by Charles Howard Johnson titled For the benefit of the girl about to graduate, created in the 1890s. Johnson’s image is published in American Women: A Library of Congress guide for the study of...
by Jihad Khater | Nov 21, 2025
Take a look at the poster called Path to Citizenship from 1917. It instructs immigrants to learn English and apply for citizenship. The message appears in English, German, Hungarian, Czech, Yiddish, and Italian. This reflects the diversity of immigrants arriving in...
by Shania Ali | May 16, 2024
This exhibits artifact represents the $100,00 Reward ad, published by Webster & Southard in 1837, who also published The American Anti-Slavery Almanac between the years of 1836 and 1844, which was created to inform readers of the highly alarming situation of...
by Genna Arduini | Apr 24, 2024
Frances Sargent Osgood was a woman with a true talent in poetry. The still portrait “Frances Sargent Osgood”[1] illustrates her uniquely and powerfully. The picture was created by the artist Alonzo Chappel. Chappel was one of the many artists involved in the evolution...
by Pearl Puri | Dec 4, 2023
The Industrial Revolution was a transformative period spanning the late 18th to the 19th century. It brought about profound economic, technological, and social changes. Mechanized production, urbanization, and the emergence of factories characterized this era, driven...