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A photograph of a group of African American performers dressed in faux Native American headdresses and outfits.

A photograph of two females dressed in a revealing costume and dancing with sabres at Club Harlem.

A large, predominantly African American crowd queues outside of Club Harlem on Kentucky Avenue.

An advertisement for Club Harlem which reads "The Fabulous Club Harlem - The Utmost in Entertainment". Drawings of promiscuously dressed female dancers fame an inset photograph of the Club's marquee.

Photograph of the marquee of the 500 Cafe (renamed the 500 Club and referred to as The Five) located off of Missouri Ave. Image captured the night Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis first worked together.

Workers pose next to churns full of butter at the Barron Coop Creamery, Barron, Wisconsin, c. 1900.

An official exposition photographic postcard depicting the interior of the baby incubator exhibit at the AYP Expo.

Printed on verso:
“78. The Baby Incubator. In no other way does science enlist our interest and sympathy so much as in its…

View of the AYP Expo's "Baby Show" on an auditorium stage.

Baby Day was to have taken place on October 2, but numbers on these photos indicate it may have taken place in July, instead. Prizes were offered for "the finest infants in many classes"…

The facade of the "Eskimo" exhibit at the AYP Expo. Popular "Queen of the Paystreak" Nancy Columbia, a member of the Labrador Inuits, stands behind the dog seated on the ground. Columbia had traveled with her mother and the Eskimo exhibit since her…

Newspaper article which celebrates the diversity of babies displayed at the Baby Incubator exhibit at the AYP Expo.