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The drunkard's progress, or, The direct road to poverty, wretchedness & ruin. Designed and published by J. W. Barber, New Haven, Con. Sept. 1826.

The drunkard's progress, or, The direct road to poverty, wretchedness ...

4 colored illus.; Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 6, Folder 23.

[All Our Folks was Farmers], Library of Congress narratives collection
Oral history with 74 year old white female, Quicksand, Kentucky (Transcript)

Oral history with 74 year old white female, Quicksand, Kentucky (Trans...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: University of New Orleans. New Orleans, LA 74 year old (Appalachian) white female. Completed 2nd grade; quit school to help widowed mother take in was... More

[Mountain Sharecroppers], Library of Congress narratives collection
[Mountain Sharecroppers], Library of Congress narratives collection
Oral history with 16 year old white male, War Creek, Kentucky (Transcript)

Oral history with 16 year old white male, War Creek, Kentucky (Transcr...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: University of New Orleans. New Orleans, LA 16 year old (Appalachian) white male. Junior in high school and lives in small community of War Creek. Youn... More

The  gangsters 4 act drama of East Side life
The  gangsters 4 act drama of East Side life
The  gangsters 4 act drama of East Side life
The  gangsters 4 act drama of East Side life
The  gangsters 4 act drama of East Side life
The  gangsters 4 act drama of East Side life
The  gangsters 4 act drama of East Side life
[Sarah Wall], Library of Congress narratives collection
The  speaker of the House a monologue. Part 3

The speaker of the House a monologue. Part 3

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Cavalier and Roundhead (rich and poor) / Alfred W. Strutt.

Cavalier and Roundhead (rich and poor) / Alfred W. Strutt.

Print showing a young cavalier on horseback and a poor boy riding a mule, each accompanied by a dog. Includes a remarque in lower right corner showing a dog's head looking at a falcon resting on an arm. X32903 ... More

Old Log cabin, the home of William Mullens and family, - near Charleston, West Virginia. He carries on work in Charleston (Brown Milling Produce Co.) as well as this farm.  Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

Old Log cabin, the home of William Mullens and family, - near Charlest...

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The Mullens children (& some neighbors) ready for school. See Photo No. 81.  Location: Charleston [vicinity], West Virginia / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.

The Mullens children (& some neighbors) ready for school. See Photo No...

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Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. x 5 12 ft. high and gable attic above. Wooden toilets near at hand and bushes used as such, gave forth offensive odors. Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. E.F. Brown Witness. See family picking cranberries in photo #1151. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey

Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the ...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 1139. Hine no. 1143. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints... More

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

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Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

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Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

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Give me three grains of corn, mother, ballad

Give me three grains of corn, mother, ballad

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

The  matinee girls a satirical revue of theatre lobby incidents
[Stella Wall], Library of Congress narratives collection
The  green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

The green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

Picryl description: Public domain book on economy and capitalism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The  green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

The green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

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The  green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

The green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

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The  green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

The green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

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The  green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

The green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

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The  green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

The green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

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The  green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

The green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

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The  green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

The green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

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The  green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

The green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

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[Lillie Craig], Library of Congress narratives collection
[The Belks], Library of Congress narratives collection
[The Belks], Library of Congress narratives collection
[The Belks], Library of Congress narratives collection
[All Our Folks was Farmers], Library of Congress narratives collection
Oral history with 74 year old white female, Quicksand, Kentucky (Transcript)

Oral history with 74 year old white female, Quicksand, Kentucky (Trans...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: University of New Orleans. New Orleans, LA 74 year old (Appalachian) white female. Completed 2nd grade; quit school to help widowed mother take in was... More

Oral history with 74 year old white female, Quicksand, Kentucky (Transcript)

Oral history with 74 year old white female, Quicksand, Kentucky (Trans...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: University of New Orleans. New Orleans, LA 74 year old (Appalachian) white female. Completed 2nd grade; quit school to help widowed mother take in was... More

Oral history with 74 year old white female, Quicksand, Kentucky (Transcript)

Oral history with 74 year old white female, Quicksand, Kentucky (Trans...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: University of New Orleans. New Orleans, LA 74 year old (Appalachian) white female. Completed 2nd grade; quit school to help widowed mother take in was... More

Oral history with 16 year old white male, War Creek, Kentucky (Transcript)

Oral history with 16 year old white male, War Creek, Kentucky (Transcr...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: University of New Orleans. New Orleans, LA 16 year old (Appalachian) white male. Junior in high school and lives in small community of War Creek. Youn... More

Oral history with 16 year old white male, War Creek, Kentucky (Transcript)

Oral history with 16 year old white male, War Creek, Kentucky (Transcr...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: University of New Orleans. New Orleans, LA 16 year old (Appalachian) white male. Junior in high school and lives in small community of War Creek. Youn... More

The  gangsters 4 act drama of East Side life
The  gangsters 4 act drama of East Side life
The  gangsters 4 act drama of East Side life
The  gangsters 4 act drama of East Side life
The  gangsters 4 act drama of East Side life
The  gangsters 4 act drama of East Side life
The  gangsters 4 act drama of East Side life
[Sarah Wall], Library of Congress narratives collection
[Sarah Wall], Library of Congress narratives collection
Over the hills to the poor house

Over the hills to the poor house

The widowed elderly mother of three adult children, two sons and a daughter, wishing to relieve herself of the burden of care of her property, decides to divide it up among her children. To her son Charles, a w... More

Small shack on Forsyth's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. x 5 12 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking cranberries in Photo #1151.) Wooden toilets near at hand, and bushes used as such, gave forth very offensive odors. Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. E.F. Brown Witness. Location: Pemberton, New Jersey

Small shack on Forsyth's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the f...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Agriculture. Hine no. 1141. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More

Faith, hope, and charity, these three; but the greatest of these is tango / Keppler.

Faith, hope, and charity, these three; but the greatest of these is ta...

Illustration shows a mother with an infant and a young child standing in the windblown snow at night, looking at a notice posted on a wall that states "Charity Ball" and "Proceeds for the Benefit of the Needy" ... More

Abandoned log cabin on the hillside. Not many used now but it was the only kind used a while ago. Near Sunset School, Pocahontas Co., West Virginia. Location: Pocahontas County, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Abandoned log cabin on the hillside. Not many used now but it was the ...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5094. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 74. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Lines on first looking into Henry George's "Progress and poverty" Harry Weinberger. Land and Freedom April-May 1943 issues. [New York].

Lines on first looking into Henry George's "Progress and poverty" Harr...

Gift Author June 3, 1943.; Rec. R B. 10-20-43. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 3 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collec... More

Old Log Cabin, the home of William Mullens and family, near Charleston, West Virginia. He carries on work in Charleston (Brown Milling Produce Co.) as well as this farm. Location: Charleston vicinity, West Virginia Photo by Lewis W. Hine

Old Log Cabin, the home of William Mullens and family, near Charleston...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5101. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 81. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congre... More

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

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Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Picryl description: Public domain rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Picryl description: Public domain rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

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Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Picryl description: Public domain rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Picryl description: Public domain rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Picryl description: Public domain rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The  matinee girls a satirical revue of theatre lobby incidents
The  matinee girls a satirical revue of theatre lobby incidents
[Stella Wall], Library of Congress narratives collection
Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. x 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. (See family picking cranberries in photo #1151.) Wooden toilets near at hand and bushes used as such, gave forth offensive odors. Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. E.F. Brown Witness.  Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the ...

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The  green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

The green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

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Moishe the fiddler a beadle and musician, a Yiddish musical portrait in one act

Moishe the fiddler a beadle and musician, a Yiddish musical portrait i...

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Poverty's child - Public domain American sheet music, 1870

Poverty's child - Public domain American sheet music, 1870

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

[The Belks], Library of Congress narratives collection
[The Belks], Library of Congress narratives collection
[A Riviera "Conch"], Library of Congress narratives collection
The drunkard's progress, or, The direct road to poverty, wretchedness & ruin. Designed and published by J. W. Barber, New Haven, Con. Sept. 1826.

The drunkard's progress, or, The direct road to poverty, wretchedness ...

4 colored illus.; Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 6, Folder 23.

[All Our Folks was Farmers], Library of Congress narratives collection
Oral history with 74 year old white female, Quicksand, Kentucky (Transcript)

Oral history with 74 year old white female, Quicksand, Kentucky (Trans...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: University of New Orleans. New Orleans, LA 74 year old (Appalachian) white female. Completed 2nd grade; quit school to help widowed mother take in was... More

[Mountain Sharecroppers], Library of Congress narratives collection
[Mountain Sharecroppers], Library of Congress narratives collection
The  gangsters 4 act drama of East Side life
[Sarah Wall], Library of Congress narratives collection
[Sarah Wall], Library of Congress narratives collection
The  speaker of the House a monologue. Part 3

The speaker of the House a monologue. Part 3

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Picryl description: Public domain rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Picryl description: Public domain rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Picryl description: Public domain rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Defense of the poor; or, Poverty and its resulting evils,

Picryl description: Public domain rare book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Give me three grains of corn, mother, ballad

Give me three grains of corn, mother, ballad

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

The  matinee girls a satirical revue of theatre lobby incidents
The  matinee girls a satirical revue of theatre lobby incidents
[Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the family living in this one room. Room is 10 ft. x 11 ft. x 5 1/2 ft. high and gable attic above. Wooden toilets near at hand and bushes used as such, gave forth offensive odors. Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. E.F. Brown Witness. See family picking cranberries in photo #1151.]  Location: Pemberton, New Jersey.

[Small shack on Forsythe's Bog, occupied by De Marco family, 10 in the...

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Monadnock Mill Tenement, 1-18 Crescent Street, Claremont, Sullivan County, NH

Monadnock Mill Tenement, 1-18 Crescent Street, Claremont, Sullivan Cou...

Significance: This building was constructed on Main Street in 1870 for mill worker housing. In 1892 it was moved to its present location to make way for Monadnock Mill #3. It continued to be used for mill wor... More

The  green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

The green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

Picryl description: Public domain book on economy and capitalism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The  green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

The green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

Picryl description: Public domain book on economy and capitalism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The  green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

The green servent [sic] comedy in 3 acts

Picryl description: Public domain book on economy and capitalism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Lillie Craig], Library of Congress narratives collection
[Lillie Craig], Library of Congress narratives collection
[The Belks], Library of Congress narratives collection
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