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Royal Tour: Aboriginal women and children, Vancouver, BC, 1901 by Musée McCord Museum

VIEW-6840 Royal Tour: Aboriginal women and children, Vancouver, BC, 1901 William McFarlane Notman 1901, 20th century Notman photographic Archives – McCord Museum VIEW-6840 Femmes et enfants autochtones lors de la visite royale, Vancouver, C.-B., 1901 William McFarlane Notman 1901, 20e siècle Archives photographiques Notman – Musée McCord To see the …

Domestic servants waiting for street car on way early in the… by New York Public Library

Digital ID: 1260094. Domestic servants waiting for street car on way early in the morning. Mitchell Street, Atlanta, Georgia, May 1939.. Wolcott, Marion Post — Photographer. May 1939 Notes: Original negative #: 30338-M3; Schomburg copy negative #: SC-CN-94-0483 Source: Farm Security Administration Collection. / Georgia. / Marion Post Wolcott. (more …

Apache prisoners at Fort Bowie, Arizona, 1884 by The U.S. National Archives

Original Caption: Apache prisoners at Fort Bowie, Arizona, 1884 From: Signal Corps Photographs of American Military Activity, compiled 1754 – 1954 Created By: Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 – 02/28/1964) Production Date: ca. 1860 – ca. 1865 Persistent URL: research.archives.gov/description/530907 Repository: …

Antifascist Memorial by Andrew Dupont

“It was on this site, the Lustgarten, during the war, May 18, 1942, that members of the antifascist resistance groups associated with Herbert Baum attempted to burn down the slanderous Nazi propaganda exhibit called ‘Soviet Paradise.’ The attempt was a protest against the war and the terror of the National …

Female shirtwaist strikers being taken into custody by the police at Jefferson Market Prison, 1909. by Kheel Center, Cornell University

Title: Female shirtwaist strikers being taken into custody by the police at Jefferson Market Prison, 1909. Date: 1909 Photographer: Unknown Photo ID: 5780PB32F27C Collection: International Ladies Garment Workers Union Photographs (1885-1985) Repository: The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives in the ILR School at Cornell University is the Catherwood …

Panoramic Banksy by knezovjb

Panoramic view of a very political piece. Was very topical at the time of creation: Boris Johnson (the newly elected London mayor) features heavily, as does the Dalai Lama (who was in town visiting) and the Chinese Olympic torch. Also a tip to Obama with a ‘time to change’. Benazir …