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20th Century

20th Century, Classroom Materials, Lesson Plans, Middle School

All Together in World War I

DCCAuthor
July 7, 2021

20th Century, Classroom Materials, Lesson Plans, Middle School

Pullman Porters

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July 7, 2021

20th Century, Activities, Classroom Materials, Elementary School

In the Train Station

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June 25, 2021

19th Century, 20th Century, Activities, Classroom Materials, Elementary School

The Narrative of Sarah Graves

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June 25, 2021

20th Century, Activities, Classroom Materials, Elementary School

Who Was Mother Jones?

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June 23, 2021

20th Century, Activities, Classroom Materials, Elementary School

The Clarke-Hanneford Family

DCCAuthor
June 23, 2021

20th Century, Collection Essays

Leisure and Entertainment in the Early Twentieth Century

Color photograph of "The Bobs" ride sign. "Bobs" is written in white in all capitals, which an oranage line curving up and down between each letter. The letters and line have lightbulbs in them to illuminate them at night.

newberry
January 27, 2021

20th Century, Collection Essays

Decision 1920

This pocket-sized map, produced by the Rand McNally company of Chicago, encourages viewers to use the results from the 1916 presidential election in making a prediction for the results in 1920.

newberry
December 2, 2020

19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Riots and Protest: Chicago’s Legacy of Conflict

A born-digital image of people protesting with signs collected by the Newberry Library as part of its contemporary Chicago Protest Collection.

newberry
December 2, 2020

20th Century, Collection Essays

Women in the Workforce in the United States

Two-page spread entitled "Her Day Begins with a Frantic Race Against the Clock." Photos of Filling at a lunch counter, in a office with a man, walking on the sidewalk, in her bedroom, and reading in the bathroom (clockwise from top right).

newberry
October 18, 2019

19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Migration and the Midwest

newberry
June 25, 2019

18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Race, Respectability, and Resilience: African Americans in the Midwest

newberry
May 31, 2019