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A political cartoon by George Yost Coffin, published on January 26, 1896. The cartoon depicts Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony flanking George Washington

Caption on image: "Raltugia" takes life easy in her teddy bear costume. Eskimo village, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Seattle, Wash. 1909

Photograph of a few nurses and a baby in an exam room as part of the Baby Incubator exhibit at the AYP Expo.

A photographic closeup of a baby in a baby incubator at the AYP Expo.

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…

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"…

Manhood in the Civil War

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Civilian spectators watch a Civil War Battle at Manassas

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The stereograph sensation is evident in these advertisements on the last page of the April 29, 1865, issue of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. With the war now over, stereograph publishers began to focus on…