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The old story.jpg
Proof for a published image in which a clothed wolf wearing a top hat labeled "Socialism," carries the book Progress and Poverty by H. George in his coat pocket. Red Riding Hood stands beside him on a path in the forest. Caroline and Erwin Swann; The…

Democracy's Opportunity.jpg
Print shows a man labeled "Republican War Record" standing in a pond labeled "Republican Corruption Water", yelling to an Irishman wearing a hat labeled "Democracy", gathering up the Republican's clothing labeled "Tariff Reform, Free Canal, [and]…

Post card from Harry Houdini to his mother.jpg
At the age of twelve, Ehrich Weiss ran away from home in an effort to earn money and to alleviate his family's grinding poverty. This is the earliest sample of Houdini's handwriting in the collections of the Library of Congress and it is supplemented…

New York's Republican Standard Bearer.jpg
Print shows Levi P. Morton with cane, holding a "Check Book", and his left arm around a standard that states "Down with the Iniquitous Democratic Party!! It has the Impudence to Tax Prosperity Instead of Poverty!!", and Thomas C. Platt who has his…

He Should Pay The Taxes.jpg
Mrs. Robinson Brown;

The political cartoon was contemporary to Hull House. The image depicts three wealthy men pointing to an impoverished man. The wealthy men are implying that the poor man should not only pay taxes, but the added the in front…

Cavalier and roundhead (rich and poor).jpg
Print showing a young cavalier on horseback and a poor boy riding a mule, each accompanied by a dog. Includes a remarque in lower right corner showing a dog's head looking at a falcon resting on an arm.

The above political cartoon was drawn three…

Progress and Poverty.jpg
Print shows waves of veterans marching through a memorial arch on "Decoration Day", carrying banners that state "We will continue to save the country, so long as there is a dollar in the Treasury" and "Army of Pensioners". On the right, Uncle Sam…

Poverty Gulch.jpg
Photograph taken eight years after Jane Addams founded Hull House in Chicago. The image shows three people walking down a row of deteriorating buildings, likely houses. It is living conditions, like those shown in the above photograph, that would…

Mother weaving rag rug for WPA.jpg
United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b22890

One of the tasks the Works Progress Administration…

Mother has TB Father works for WPA.jpg
United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

The family in the above photograph would have been a…
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