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Dig In! [editorial cartoon by Fred O. Seibel]
Editorial cartoon in support of the Salvation Army Home Service Fund by Fred O. Seibel, published in The Knickerbocker Press, May 1919. Mounted and…
Kate Waller Barrett [photograph]
Photographic portrait of Kate Waller Barrett. Barrett was one of the first women medical doctors in the south. She co-founded the National Florence…
Conventions Which Protect
This poster was part of "Youth and Life" a 48-poster series published by the American Social Hygiene Association. The series was designed to educate…