Public service comic published as a part of the National Social Welfare Assembly Comics Project. The Comics Project lasted from August 1949 - July 1967 and produced over 200 pages promoting citizenship and social values. Publisher's Note: "Published as a public service in cooperation with The National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for national health, welfare and recreation agencies of the U.S." Script: Jack Schiff Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
Schiff, Jack (script) Moldoff, Sheldon (pencils)
Detective Comics, no. 333, Nov. 1964, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Annual Report of the Refuge in the City of Boston and the Bethesda Society, 1912 [selected pages]
This document details information regarding the Refuge's and the Bethesda Society’s yearly financial expenses, donations, and membership, while also documenting the number of “refugees” under their care. Additionally, this annual report and the annual report of 1911 (also available in the Image Portal), display the mission statements of the two societies and explain how, though being two separate organizations, their specific goals function in harmony with one another. A "Time Schedule" (p. 12) outlines daily activities by day of the week, including sewing, school, gymnastics and recreation. Excerpts: p. 17 "However beset with difficulties any human life may be, whether from evil inheritance or corrupt surroundings, we believe there is no human being who with the grace of God cannot be reformed, if that grace be accompanied by human forces. This belief must always be the foundation stone of all successful efforts against evil in this world, and it is nowhere more needed than in just the work we are trying to do here." "The great motive of all our efforts is to reform the transgressor, not to punish." p. 18 "We offer them first of all a cheerful, comfortable and refined home, and bring them under the influence of kind and judicious matrons....Here are combined the influences of a home, a school, a church--the three great forces of changing character." p. 20 "During their sewing hours, and often in the evening, the matrons read aloud to the girls from books which are received from the Pulic Library Deposit Station--fifty books of suitable reading matter being left at a time, that the girls may be supplied with desirable books which they can read during their leisure hours." pp. 20-21 "To secure the best results, it is considered necessary for the girls to remain with us at least two years and then, unless relatives or friends have provided for them they are not allowed to leave our home until desirable situations are found for them where they can still be under our watchful care."
Simmons University Archives Charities Collection
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Annual Report of the Refuge in the City of Boston and the Bethesda Society for the Year Ending February 1911 [selected pages]
This document details information regarding the Refuge's and the Bethesda Society’s yearly financial expenses, donations, and membership, while also documenting the number of “refugees” under their care. Additionally, this annual report and the annual report of 1912 (also available in the Image Portal), display the mission statements of the two societies and explain how, though being two separate organizations, their specific goals function in harmony with one another. List of Donations and Report of Work (sewing) are included. Excerpts: p. 2 "In our 'House of Mercy' we offer a 'Refuge' to those fallen women who desire to return to the paths of virtue. We desire to do greater good in the future than has been accomplished in the past, and for this purpose we ask the co-operation and the pecuniary aid of all who approve of and are willing to help forward this peculiar charity." p. 8-9 Donations listed on these pages include a variety of necessities and treats including 24 Bibles, barrel of apples, an evening's entertainment with Victor machine [phonograph], ice cream, year's subscriptions to Ladies' Home Journal, Outlook, and American Magazine, 12 boxes of strawberries, and many presents at Christmas time.
Society for the Entertainment of Shut-ins, 1909 [annual report]
The Society for the Entertainment of Shut-Ins (SESI) was founded in 1901 by the Rev. George W. Shinn, D. D. in Boston, Massachusetts. Shinn was the rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Newton, Ma. According to these documents, the Society aimed “to relive the monotony and pain of a shut-in life…Its original plan included giving entertainments in hospitals and other institutions…the present work is chiefly among isolated invalids, and almost entirely with chronic sufferers, 'whom the Lord has shut in.'” Excerpts: p. 2-3 "It is, however, in the subtler forms of cheer, in the building up of hope and courage, infinding new interests or reviving old ones, in bringing good books or new ideas, in carrying 'golden gossip' to those who have drifted into an eddy of petty interests, in giving comfort at times of especial suffering or grief, that the Society does its best work." p. 6 "A helpless invalid who lies alone all day in a cheerless tenement because she and the sister who supports her cannot bear to be separated, has had much brightness brought into her sinularly desolate life, and is exceedingly grateful." p. 8 "This Society is closely affiliated with the Shut-In Society, which publishes the 'Open Window,' a monthly magazine which serves as a means of communication between its members who are scattered throughout the world although chiefly in the United States."
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Learn more: The Shut-in Society. An association of invalids who correspond with one another. San Francisco Call, Volume 67, Number 165, 4 May 1890, California Digital Newspaper Collection Old Age Assistance: An Overview, Social Welfare History Project Aid For The Aged: Title I of the Social Security Act, Social Welfare History Project Achenbaum, W.A. and Carr, L.C. A Brief History of Aging Services in the United States, American Society on Aging
Society for the Entertainment of Shut-ins, 1908 [annual report]
The Society for the Entertainment of Shut-Ins (SESI) was founded in 1901 by the Rev. George W. Shinn, D. D. in Boston, Massachusetts. Shinn was the rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Newton, Ma. According to these documents, the Society aimed “to relive the monotony and pain of a shut-in life…Its original plan included giving entertainments in hospitals and other institutions…the present work is chiefly among isolated invalids, and almost entirely with chronic sufferers, 'whom the Lord has shut in.'” Excerpts: p. 4 "Many invalids would be glad to dispose of their handiwork and orders for needle work of all kinds, paper flowers, painting, etc., can be filled. It would be a great help if some of the members of the society would undertake a sale of this work, thus helping the Shut-Ins to help themselves." p. 8 "In January, 1907, this Society became affiliated with the Shut-In Society, and a number of invalids were made members of the larger organization, whose scope is world-wide but whose mission of cheer is largely carried on by correspondence, and which as a society does not give any material assistance. From the first the two have worked in harmony although not officially connected."
The first 16 pages of this item describe the origin, mission statement, constitution, and founding board members of the Union Mission and Home for Little Wanderers. Union Mission & Home for Little Wanderers formed by ten Boston businessmen to care for children orphaned by the Civil War. They were inspired by the Howard Mission of New York. The Little Wanderers' Advocate Excerpts: p.3 "One Word to the Widowed Mother. Do not send your child to the poor-house. We will take and provide a good home for it. You may know where it is placed and be at liberty to write to it or visit it at proper times. We shall deal with your child as if it were our own." p.5 "What we Propose to Do. Take every child of sorrow, of every age, and feed, clothe, instruct, and thus prepare them for homes, where they shall enjoy all the influences of good society, and thus grow up to become useful men and women. In almost every instance we can place a boy into a home where they have no boy, and a girl where they have no girl. Can we do this? For several years past we have been taking children to homes. We have committees over the West, and in the New England and other States, and receive applications for more children than we can possibly furnish. Conditions: We bind no child to any person; there is no slavery in the matter, all is voluntary between the child and the one who takes it, we reserving the right to remove any child who is not properly treated." p.7 "Soldiers' Children The children of those noble men who have fallen during this unholy rebellion, shall be the objects of peculiar care. They shall be doubly welcome. We owe them a debt that the kindest treatment can never pay. They are not in the strict sense of the word objects of charity, but they have claims upon the public that demand our noblest response. Come to the Union Mission and Home for the Little Wanderers, and what we can do to place you in situations where all that society, friendship and love can do for you will be done. And when the Stars and Stripes shall again wave over this entire land, a grateful people will remember that it was the blood of your fathers that puchased liberty to all, the price of our natonal redemption."
Union Mission and Home for Little Wanderers
Simmons University Archives Charities Collection (gift of Donald Moreland)
Learn more: History of Service [PDF], Home for Little Wanderers, Boston, Ma. War Orphans. History Engine. Orphan Trains, Social Welfare History Project
Shoulder to Shoulder [The March of the Women]
Music and lyrics taken from "The March of Women" composed by Ethel Smyth in 1910, to words by Cicely Hamilton. This copy was posted on the bulletin board of Muriel Smith's ERA office in Virginia. "The March of the Women" became the official anthem of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in the United Kingdom and, more widely, the anthem of the women's suffrage movement. A version of this anthem performed by the Rainbow Chorus (UK) in 2009 may be heard on YouTube.
M 304, Box 3, Jean D. Hellmuth papers, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Shoulder to Shoulder. March for ERA [handbill]
Handbill advertising a march in support of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The rally was held on Saturday, May 2, 1981 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment was 1982; however, Congress has the power to extend that deadline. The states that have not ratified the amendment as of January 2019 are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, and Virginia. This handbill shows silhouettes of people walking with their arms around each other. Beneath the image is a quote from Susan B. Anthony, "There will never be another season of silence until women have the same rights as men have on this green earth." Text: March for ERA Noon Saturday May 2 Raleigh Carolinians and friends will be marching to the grounds of the State Capitol in Raleigh to celebrate eight years of working "shoulder to shoulder" for E.R.A. ratification and the basic justice which E.R.A. represents. s [sic] Those participating in the "rally in Raleigh" will be making a statement of E.R.A. support in North Carolina and other states. They will be delivering the message that "The dream still lives. The hope will never die." If you wish to participate, call the Virginia Council office for details and directions. (804) 643-1593
M 425, Box 13 Elizabeth Smith collection of Virginia ERA Ratification Council Records, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library
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Manuscript of article published in The Liberator on March 29, 1861 (p.51). This article by William Lloyd Garrison is a critique of Reverend Gilbert Haven's reply to another article published in the Liberator, which criticized a letter Haven sent to the newspaper about a Thanksgiving sermon he gave and was an attack on the Garrison-Phillips brand of abolitionism. Reverse sides of nine of these manuscript pages are also written on: some of these pages seem to be part of a longer essay, while other pages are old tables of contents. Most of these reverse pages are illegible due to ink bleeding through the paper. None of the reverse pages were scanned.
Box 1, Folder 5, Item 2, William Lloyd Garrison collection, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University
Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University
Learn more: Reply of Rev. Mr. Haven. The Liberator 31(13), 51. Internet Archive William Lloyd Garrison, Social Welfare History Project Works by William Lloyd Garrison, Internet Archive The Liberator (newspaper), Wikipedia Guide to the Papers of Bishop Gilbert Haven, 1731-2013, General Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church Haven, G. (1869). National sermons: Sermons, speeches and letters on slavery and its war: from the passage of the Fugitive slave bill to the election of President Grant, Internet Archive
Joan of Arc Saved France. Women of America Save Your Country
World War I poster created by Haskell Coffin for the United States Treasury Department. A radiant Joan of Arc wearing a suit of armor, lifts her sword and gazes heavenward. Text: Joan of Arc Saved France. Women of America Save Your Country. Buy War Savings Stamps. United States Treasury Department" From the Brandeis University digital collection "World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters"
Series I, World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters, 1908-1944. Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University
United States. Government Printing Office
Learn more: "World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters" Brandeis University Libraries digital collection Charles, H. K., Jr. (2008). Postal and Treasury Saving Stamp Systems: The War Years. Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposium, "When the Mail Goes to War." National Postal Museum The War Savings Stamps Campaigns, The Joe I. Herbstman Memorial Collection of American Finance Treasury Stamps & Postal Savings, The Joe I. Herbstman Memorial Collection of American Finance Equal Suffrage League Float, Thrift Day Parade, March 23, 1918, Social Welfare History Image Portal
World War I poster created by Henry Patrick Raleigh for the United States Food Administration. A starving mother nurses an infant as two other emaciated children huddle nearby. Text reads: "Hunger. For three years America has fought starvation in Belgium. Will you Eat less - wheat meat - fats and sugar that we may still send food in ship loads? United States Food Administration." From the Brandeis University digital collection "World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters"
Learn more: "World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters" Brandeis University Libraries digital collection Sow the Seeds of Victory! Posters from the Food Administration During World War I, National Archives Marvin, W. B. (1919). Food and Fuel Control. Michigan Law Review, 17 (4).
Keep 'em Smiling! Help War Camp Community Service
World War I poster created by M. Leone Bracker for the United War War Campaign. Image of three smiling servicemen from the Army, Marines, and Navy. Text reads: "keep'em smiling! help War Camp Community Service. 'morale is winning the war' United War Work Campaign" Compare this illustration to the cover of What the Employers of America Can Do for the Disabled Soldiers & Sailors, issued by the Federal Board for Vocational Education in 1918.
Learn more: "Keep'em smiling" United War Work Campaign pamphlet, National World War I Museum and Memorial "World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters" Brandeis University Libraries digital collection The United War Work Campaign. What It Is and What It Means. November 11-18, 1918, Internet Archive Lee, J. (1918). War Camp Community Service. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 79 (September) War Relief Work. United War Work Campaign, Committee on Public Information. Division of Four Minute Men. University of Colorado, Boulder.
Boys and Girls! You can help your Uncle Sam Win the War
World War I poster by James Montgomery Flagg encouraging children to purchase War Savings Stamps and help the war effort. Flagg created the now-iconic U. S. Army recruiting poster "I Want You!" Uncle Sam supports a well-dressed girl on his right arm while looking at a boy in a suit standing nearby. Uncle Sam shows the children a paper marked "W. S. S." Text: "Boys and Girls! You can help your Uncle Sam Win the War. Save your Quarters. Buy War Savings Stamps." Inset text: "W.S.S. War Savings Stamps issued by the United States Government." From the Brandeis University digital collection "World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters" For another image of children helping the war effort, see "We Fight for Democracy."
Learn more: "World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters" Brandeis University Libraries digital collection War Savings Stamps, Social Welfare History Image Portal Charles, H. K., Jr. (2008). Postal and Treasury Saving Stamp Systems: The War Years. Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposium, "When the Mail Goes to War." National Postal Museum The War Savings Stamps Campaigns, The Joe I. Herbstman Memorial Collection of American Finance. Treasury Stamps & Postal Savings, The Joe I. Herbstman Memorial Collection of American Finance.
Help Stop This. Buy W. S. S. & Keep Him Out of America
World War I poster created by Adolph Treidler for the National War Savings Committee to encourage Americans to purchase of War Savings Stamps. A German soldier carriying a bloody knife and rifle walks over a bleeding person. The ruins of a church are seen in the distance. Text at bottom: "Contributed by L. E. Waterman Company." The company, founded by Lewis Edson Waterman in 1884, manufactured fountain pens. From the Brandeis University digital collection "World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters"
Learn more: "World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters" Brandeis University Libraries digital collection Charles, H. K., Jr. (2008). Postal and Treasury Saving Stamp Systems: The War Years. Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposium, "When the Mail Goes to War." National Postal Museum The War Savings Stamps Campaigns, The Joe I. Herbstman Memorial Collection of American Finance. Treasury Stamps & Postal Savings, The Joe I. Herbstman Memorial Collection of American Finance.
World War I poster created by Herbert Paus for the United States Food Administration. A nurse, a mother with her infant, a wounded soldier and other sick and needy people are shown tied to an Iron Cross. They point to a quotation from John Greenleaf Whittier, "America, the hope of all who suffer, the dread of all who wrong." From the Brandeis University digital collection "World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters"
Care for Her Through the YWCA: For Every Fighter a Woman Worker
World War I poster created by Adolph Treidler to publicize the YWCA's participation in the United War Work Campaign, November 11 - 18, 1918. The United War Work Campaign was a a one-week fundraising effort during World War I. Seven voluntary organizations -- the National War Work Council of the YMCA, the War Work Council of the YWCA, the National Catholic War Council (Knights of Columbus), the Jewish Welfare Board, the War Camp Community Service, the American Library Association, and the Salvation Army sought to raise $170,500,000 in subscriptions and pledges during the week of November 11–18, 1918, to help boost American soldiers’ morale and provide them with recreational activities. A young woman wearing working clothes stands before a blue triangle symbolizing the YWCA. She holds an airplane in her right hand and a bomb in her left. Text reads: "Care for her through the YWCA. For every fighter a woman worker. United War Work Campaign." From the Brandeis University digital collection "World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters"
Learn more: "World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters" Brandeis University Libraries digital collection "For the Boys Over There" The 1918 United War Work Campaign, Great Lakes Colleges Association’s Library of Congress Research Initiative project The United War Work Campaign. What It Is and What It Means. November 11-18, 1918, Internet Archive
Pamphlet of speech delivered by Louis Brandeis at Fanueil Hall, Boston on July 5, 1915 in which he addresses the ideals and traditions he views as distinctly "American," such as liberty, democracy, social justice and a standard of living that includes fair working conditions, decent wages, education and financial independence. Brandeis names "inclusive brotherhood" - the welcoming of immigrants, racial equality and diversity - as the feature in these ideals that is "peculiarly American" and has led to America's prosperity. He concludes by suggesting the principles of Americanism could bring about lasting peace abroad. Pamphlet signed by Louis Brandeis on front cover. Along with the text of Brandeis' oration, the pamphlet includes a photograph of Rev. Charles W. Lyons, S. J., President of Boston College, Chaplain of the Day. An appendix, "A List of Boston Municipal Orators" by C. W. Ernst, lists Boston orators appointed by the Municipal Authorities beginning in 1771. Excerpts: p. 3 "The United States has grown great. The immigrants and their immediate descendants have proved themselves as loyal as any citizens of the country. Liberty has knit us closely together as Americans." p. 4 "But the adoption of our language, manners and customs is only a small part of the process. To become Americanized the change wrought must be fundamental." p. 5 "But let us not forget that many a poor immigrant comes to us from distant lands, ignorant of our language, strange in tattered clothes and with jarring manners, who is already truly American in this important sense; who has long shared our ideals and who, oppressed and persecuted abroad, has yearned for our land of liberty and for the opportunity of aiding in the realization of its aims." p.9 "America...has always declared herself for equality of nationalities as well as for equality of individuals. It recognizes racial equality as an essential of full human liberty and true brotherhood, and that racial equality is the complement of democracy."
Box 64, Folder 4, Louis Dembitz Brandeis collection, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University
Learn more: Americanization, Social Welfare History Image Portal Americanization, Social Welfare History Project Americanization -- selected publications, Social Welfare History Project Roosevelt, T. (1894). True Americanism. The Forum Magazine. Republished on TeachingAmericanHistory.org
Story of the Boston Nursery for Blind Babies
This pamphlet provides a brief history of the Boston Nursery for Blind Babies. The pamphlet is accompanied with photographs displaying the nursery with a few photos of the blind children it cared for, while providing information about those who operated the nursery and cared for the children.
Learn more: Blindness, Social Welfare History Project First Annual Report of the Boston Nursery for Blind Babies, 1901, Internet Archive Perkins History Museum, Perkins School for the Blind More Than 90 Years of Advocacy and Support for People with Vision Loss. American Foundation for the Blind
Handbill in support of the Federal Suffrage Amendment. Congress proposed the Nineteenth Amendment on June 4, 1919. Ratification was completed on August 18, 1920. Text excerpts: DO IT NOW! Give the vote to the women of every state in the Union by Federal Constitutional Amendment. BECAUSE--Woman suffrage is inevitable all the world around; few deny it--why should the United States delay? ... BECAUSE--The Government which asks the women of the country to give their all to win a war for democracy abroad, cannot consistently deny them the vote, the symbol of democracy, at home. BECAUSE--The woman suffrage movement is a part of the great struggle of the world contest for fundamental human freedom, and until the amendment is ratified by the legislatures of the states the suffrage campaign must and will go on. SUPPORT THE FEDERAL SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT
National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc.
M 9 Box 49, Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Don't You Want to Reduce the High Cost of Living? [suffrage tri-fold]
Publication of the National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company, Inc. 171 Madison Avenue, New York City. Cover illustration by Rose O'Neill. This pamphlet tells women that, without the vote, all they can do is manage their own households. With the vote, they can bring about governmental protection of the food supply. Women are reminded to be careful housekeepers. "Don't Throw Away a Scrap of Food." Some recipes for careful housekeeping are printed on the final page. At the time this publication was printed, the United States was entering World War I. Rising food prices and limited supplies affected American citizens as food was shipped to soldiers and allies in Europe. Slogans and promotions such as "Food will win the war" and "Wheatless Wednesdays" urged Americans to eat less and eliminate waste.
M 9, Box 49 Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
National Woman Suffrage Publishing Co., Inc.
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Waiting for the Verdict [Dr. Friedman and The Great White Plague]
Editorial cartoon by C. R. Macauley, originally published in the New York World. Republished here in Cartoons Magazine, vol. 3, no. 4 (April 1913), p. 226. A skeletal spectre waits outside an office with a plaque labelled "Dr. Friedman." Friedrich Franz Friedmann was a tuberculosis researcher in Berlin who came to New York City in 1913 to give what he called the "turtle vaccine" to people who came to his clinic. The New York City Board of Health rejected his claims and the clinic was closed.
Cartoons Magazine, vol. 3, no. 4 (April 1913), p. 226. Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Pals [Coleman Blease and Lynch Law. Editorial cartoon by William Kemp Starrett]
Editorial cartoon by William Kemp Starrett originally published in The Knickerbocker Press. Republished here in Cartoons Magazine, vol. 3, no. 1 (January 1913), p. 14. Coleman Livingston Blease was governor of South Carolina from 1911 - 1915. He was notorious for being pro-lynching and against education for African Americans. Blease was a protégé of white supremacist Benjamin Ryan Tillman. Governor Blease walks arm in arm with a hooded figure (KKK member) with a rope and stick labelled "Lynch Law."
Cartoons Magazine, vol. 3, no. 1 (January 1913), p. 14. Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Learn more: Lynching, Social Welfare History Image Portal Jim Crow Laws and Racial Segregation, Social Welfare History Project Editorial cartoons, Social Welfare History Image Portal Stanley-Becker, I. (2019) Who’s behind the law making immigration a crime? This ‘unrepentant white supremacist.' The Washington Post (June 27, 2019).
The Leader of the Mob: "Lynch Her! Lynch Her!" [editorial cartoon by Oscar Cesare]
Editorial cartoon by Oscar Cesare originally published in the New York Sun. Republished here in Cartoons Magazine, vol. 3, no. 1 (January 1913), p. 15. Coleman Livingston Blease was governor of South Carolina from 1911 - 1915. He was notorious for being pro-lynching and against education for African Americans. Blease was a protégé of white supremacist Benjamin Ryan Tillman. A figure of Blind Justice stands alone as Governor Blease of South Carolina leads an angry mob to attack her. The mob carries pitchforks, sticks, and stones. Blease holds a rope as he looks back to urge them on. Caption: "The Leader of the Mob: 'Lynch Her! Lynch Her!'"
Cartoons Magazine, vol. 3, no. 1 (January 1913), p. 15. Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Learn more: Lynching, Social Welfare History Image Portal Jim Crow Laws and Racial Segregation, Social Welfare History Project Editorial cartoons, Social Welfare History Image Portal Stanley-Becker, I. (2019) Who’s behind the law making immigration a crime? This ‘unrepentant white supremacist.' The Washington Post (June 27, 2019). Annotate a PDF of this image using hypothes.is
Five Dollars Will Make the Dream Come True [editorial cartoon by Oscar Cesare]
Editorial cartoon by Oscar Cesare originally published in the New York Sun. Republished here in Cartoons Magazine, vol. 4, no. 3 (September 1913), p. 271. A poor mother kneels beside her sleeping child. She dreams of the "Mother's Home at Sea Breeze." Caption: "Five Dollars Will Make the Dream Come True." Sea Breeze Home, located at Surf Avenue and Twenty-ninth St., Coney Island, was a summer convalescent home for poor mothers and children who had contracted tuberculosis in the tenement neighborhoods of New York City. The institution was owned by the city. Many people were involved in the creation and expansion of the Sea Breeze Home and the Sea Breeze Hospital. They included Jacob Riis, Theodore Roosevelt, John D. Rockefeller, John Seely Ward, and the Association for Improving of the Condition of the Poor.
Cartoons Magazine, vol. 4, no. 3 (September 1913), p.271. Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library
Learn more: Tuberculosis, Social Welfare History Project Tuberculosis, Social Welfare History Image Portal "Sea Breeze Home Opened.; More Than 300 Mothers and Children Sent to the Beach for Rest." New York Times, June 14, 1919, p. 19. Sea Breeze Hospital, Community Service Society Photographs, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University Connolly, Cynthia A. (2008). Saving Sickly Children : The Tuberculosis Preventorium in American Life, 1909-1970. Rutgers University Press. "Sea Breeze Home Ablaze" The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]), 01 June 1919. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. Annual report of the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, Hathi Trust. Editorial cartoons, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Will this letter be answered [editorial cartoon by Walker O'Loughlin]
Editorial cartoon by Walker O'Loughlin originally published in the Portland Telegram. Republished here in Cartoons Magazine, vol. 2, no. 6 (December 1912), p. 9. A girl in ragged clothing holds up a small boy so he can drop a letter into a U.S. Mail box. The letter appears to be addressed to "A Good Fellow c/o Telegram City." Cartoons Magazine caption at top of page: "Will this letter be answered." A separate illlustration at bottom right shows a child, in patched clothing with bare feet, asleep at a table. The child sits on a broken chair, clutching an empty stocking.
Cartoons Magazine, vol. 2, no. 6 (December 1912), p. 9. Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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