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Eugen Sandow was a bodybuilder and strongman who helped changed the male image in the late 1800s-early 1900s. He performed on multiple stages, showing off his strength and muscles to an audience of both men and women. Men could be inspired by his…

This photograph shows a woman displaying a family heirloom (presumably her own) at a public library to two viewers. She holds the dress up to herself, ‘wearing’ it, a sign of her personal connection to it. It is both a historical object, and one that…

This image is of a quilt that was created by South Carolina women in 1857. Each square was created by a different woman who signed her name on her square, but yet the overall impression is of a cohesive piece of art. The squares consist of bucolic…

This is an article is the July 1984 edition of Boy's Life asking boys to donate money to the restoration of the Statue of Liberty. The article appeals to the boy's sense of patriotism, workmanship, and curiosity about the statue and how it was made.…

Half a stereo card showing the construction of the main sanitary fair building

A VIDEO TOUR of the exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.In October, 1858, a crew of local diggers led by Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences member William Foulke excavated the nearly-complete skeleton of a gigantic…

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While this serves as a brief opening vignette for Nye's piece on "Rededicating the Statue of Liberty," Wright's flight around the Statue— and its portrayal in the "Journal of Civilization" says a lot about American attitudes towards…