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Sychev, I., ...But the booze was in the mouth..., Rutgers, 1984

The vain crow, a forest ranger, has been outwitted by the fox. This time he gives the crow a bottle of vodka and makes off with the trees that she is…

Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Corruption, Crow, Environment, Satire, Vodka

White House, "Chance for Peace" Speech - Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower Presidential Library, U.S. Embassy, History.com, May 29, 1959

The Chance for Peace speech, also known as the Cross of Iron speech, was an address given by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower on April 16, 1953,…

Tags: Arms Spending, Defense, Eisenhower, Poverty, Priorities, Public Needs

Belomlinsky, M., "Let's make him a front-rank worker.", Rutgers, 1972

"Poet: Lezunov, B. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1972

They give everything to the hero
But ignore the working team:
Here they set records
Only…

Tags: Art, Cartoons, Fighting Pencil, Heroes of Socialist Labor, Satire, Socialism, Soviet Union

Harris & Ewing Photographer, "My Dear Mr. President," 1939: Radio Broadcast of Interior Secretary Harold Ickes' Annual Report to the President (Part 1), Library of Congress, 1939 January

Photo shows production of the U.S. Department of Interior's radio play "My Dear Mr. President," broadcast on January 8, 1939, the subject of which was…

Tags: Budget, Department of Interior, Harold Ickes, Interior Secretary, Presidents, Public Reporting, Radio

Harris & Ewing Photographer, "My Dear Mr. President," 1939: Radio Broadcast of Interior Secretary Harold Ickes' Annual Report to the President (Part 2), Library of Congress, 1939 January

Photo shows production of the U.S. Department of Interior's radio play "My Dear Mr. President," broadcast on January 8, 1939, the subject of which was…

Tags: Department of Interior, Harold Ickes, Interior Secretary, Presidents, Public Reporting, Radio

First photo: Contributors - Illman Brothers. Second photo: Publisher - N. Currier, New York, 1776 United States Declaration of Independence, Library of Congress, First photo: 1861 - 1890. Second photo: 1835-1856

The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson (1776) and is considered to be the most cherished symbol of liberty of the United…

Tags: Britain, Declaration of Indepndence, John locke, Liberty, Thomas Jefferson, United States

US House History, Art, and Archives, 1787 The United States Constitution, US House History, Art, and Archives, 1787

The Federal Convention convened in the State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787, to revise the Articles of Confederation.…

Tags: 1787, Constitution, Federal Convention, Philadelphia, State House, Statesmanship, United States Constitution

Dersh, Stanley, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1791 United States Bill of Rights - First Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, Library of Congress, 1959

During the First Congress of the United States, after gaining its independence from Britain, twelve amendments to the new constitution were proposed…

Tags: 1791, Bill of Rights, Constitution, First Amendments, Individual Rights, United States

Mathew Brady, 1845-51 & 1855-61 David Levy Yulee - First Jewish American U.S. Senator, Library of Congress, 1855-1865

David Levy Yulee was a Delegate and a Senator from Florida; born David Levy in St. Thomas, West Indies, June 12, 1810. At the age of nine was sent to…

Tags: Confederacy, Daniel Levy Yulee, Florida, Jewish., Railroad, US Senator

Unknown, 1862- Dorothea Dix, Appointed Superintendent of Army Nurses, Library of Congress, Unknown

A noted social reformer, Dix became the Union's Superintendent of Female Nurses during the Civil War. The soft spoken yet autocratic crusader had…

Tags: Civil War, Dorothea Dix, Military, Nursing, Superintendent, Women