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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.…

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…

These are images of one poster that was painted on the side of a building. The poster was painted in 1910 in a farming town called Vincent in Iowa. The town has a population of about 200 which is interesting that the circus would set up in that…

The seaside was a place that all people could swim. Since Coney Island bent the social rules of etiquette, men and women were allowed to frolic together and “let their hair done”. The fact that the women are being held up by two men shows how the…

This is the outside of Dahomey Village, a recreation of a West African village. The visitors, all white and dressed in modern Western clothes make a sharp contrast with the posters outside the village of half naked men with weapons. Also, the…

This is an image of part of the Chinese display. The amount of items, chairs, tables, cloth, and pottery show that the Chinese came to impress. However, the neatness of the display shows that the workers put time and effort into making the display…

Along with the Dreaming Iolanthe, Caroline Brooks also created the Awakening of Iolanthe in 1878. It bears a striking resemblance to Dreaming Iolanthe though created two years later. The amount of detail in the sculpture shows that she knew the…

A map made for General Beauregard after the the first battle of Bull Run from actual surveys by Captain D. B. Harris. This is a reproduction by General Abbot from a photograph in his possession
--from the description under the map

This map is…