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![Know-nothingism in Brooklyn [cartoon showing Brooklyn Board of Aldermen saying to immigrants, "None but citizens of the United States can be licensed to engage in any employment in this city"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcva25vdy1ub3RoaW5naXNtLWluLWJyb29rbHluLWNhcnRvb24tc2hvd2luZy1icm9va2x5bi1ib2FyZC1vZi1hbGRlcm1lbi1zYXlpbmctYjBlMTI0LTEwMjQuanBn/320/460/jpg "Know-nothingism in Brooklyn [cartoon showing Brooklyn Board of Aldermen saying to immigrants, \"None but citizens of the United States can be licensed to engage in any employment in this city\"]")
![[Untitled advertising card]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvdW50aXRsZWQtYWR2ZXJ0aXNpbmctY2FyZC02NDAuanBn/40/62/webp "[Untitled advertising card]")
![[Bob Caruthers, Brooklyn Trolley-Dodgers, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, baseball card portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvYm9iLWNhcnV0aGVycy1icm9va2x5bi10cm9sbGV5LWRvZGdlcnMtYnJvb2tseW4tYnJpZGVncm9vbXMtYmFzZWJhbGwtY2FyZC1wb3J0cmFpdC0wNWFlZmMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/61/webp "[Bob Caruthers, Brooklyn Trolley-Dodgers, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, baseball card portrait]")
![[Physical examination of female immigrants at Ellis Island, New York City]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvcGh5c2ljYWwtZXhhbWluYXRpb24tb2YtZmVtYWxlLWltbWlncmFudHMtYXQtZWxsaXMtaXNsYW5kLW5ldy15b3JrLWNpdHktNmMwMDIxLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/47/webp "[Physical examination of female immigrants at Ellis Island, New York City]")
![[Physical examination of female immigrants at Ellis Island, New York City]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvcGh5c2ljYWwtZXhhbWluYXRpb24tb2YtZmVtYWxlLWltbWlncmFudHMtYXQtZWxsaXMtaXNsYW5kLW5ldy15b3JrLWNpdHktNTkxNTRmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Physical examination of female immigrants at Ellis Island, New York City]")
![[Design drawing for stained glass window for Holy Cross Cloister in Brooklyn, New York, showing "Our Lady of Refuge"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLXN0YWluZWQtZ2xhc3Mtd2luZG93LWZvci1ob2x5LWNyb3NzLWNsb2lzdGVyLWluLWJyb29rbHluLTMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/53/webp "[Design drawing for stained glass window for Holy Cross Cloister in Brooklyn, New York, showing \"Our Lady of Refuge\"]")
