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U.N. Campaign Against Nuclearization

Attempts at de-nuclearization constitute the UN’s longest (and arguably, most unsuccessful) project. The United Nation's very first resolution in 1946…

Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services., Eat the Basic Seven Everyday!, National Archives, 1941-1945

In 1943, during World War II, the National Wartime Nutrition Guide was issued by the USDA. Food scarcity and wartime restrictions prompted…

Tags: Basic Seven, Dietary Guide, Eating, Food Groups, World War II

Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services., Plant a Victory Garden, Our Food is Fighting - Managing the Food Supply during World War II, Living History Farm, 1941-1945

"During World War II, the government had to ration certain foods (e.g., sugar, cheese, eggs, and coffee). In light of labor and transportation…

Tags: Eating, Victory Gardens, World War II

Food and Drug Administration, Candy Factory Inspection, National Archives, 1908

"Before the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act, factories such as these were unsanitary and exhibited “horrific conditions.” Inspection required that they…

Tags: Candy, Eating, Factories, FDA, Safety

Lipton, Lipton's Coffee Label, National Archives, 1906

"After the Pure Food and Drugs Act passed in 1906, labels began to cater to sensitive consumers. This coffee label promises “absolutely pure coffee…

Tags: Coffee Label, Eating, FDA, Safety

Food and Drug Administration, Contaminated Ketchup, National Archives, 1909

"This 1909 record from the FDA shows a bottle of ketchup that was found to be contaminated. The caption reads “Made from Decomposed Material.…

Tags: Eating, FDA, Ketchup, Safety

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Magnet Safety Poster, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Undated

This safety poster was issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, under the Neighborhood Safety Network project. It warns parents about…

Tags: Consumer Product Safety Act, Magnet Safety Poster, Magnets, Safety

Unknown, Eleanor Roosevelt and United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, National Archives, 1949

"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the…

Tags: Eleanor Roosevelt, Human Rights, UDHR, United Nations

Thayer & Co's. Lith Boston., Get Off The Track! A Song For Emancipation, Sung By The Hutchinsons, Library of Congress, 1844

This music cover, published in 1844, is an advertisement for the abolitionist song, "Get Off the Track!" Composed by Jesse Hutchinson, Jr., it was…

Tags: Abolitionist, Emancipation, Hutchinsons, Slavery

Part of the Elizabeth Smith Miller and Anne Fitzhugh Miller scrapbooks, Florence Kelley, Secretary, National Consumers' League, Library of Congress, Undated

To live means to buy, to buy means to have power, to have power means to have responsibility.
Florence Kelley, National Consumers League…

Tags: Child Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act, Florence Kelley, National Consumers' League, Safety, Workers