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Du Bois, W. E. B. (1899) African American family posed for portrait seated on lawn. Georgia, 1899. [or 1900] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99472441/.
Hine, L. W., photographer. (1930) An independent farmer and landowner in the foothills of the Ozarks, near Damascus, Arkansas, who is prosperous in normal time, but now “on the Red Cross”. Arkansas, 1930. [or 1931] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/90711863/.
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Lee, R., photographer. (1941) Kitchen in crowded Negro apartment. Chicago, Illinois. United States Cook County Illinois Chicago, 1941. Apr. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017788840/.
Illinois Department of Visitation of Children Placed in Family Homes. 1910. “Fifth Annual Report of the Department of Visitation of Children Placed in Family Homes.” Board of Administration of the State of Illinois. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112121878562&view=1up&seq=2&skin=2021
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Perry, Eugene. 1901. “Theodore Roosevelt.” Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2009631356/
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Vachon, J., photographer. (1943) Corpus Christi, Texas. Advertisements with a victory garden theme. United States Corpus Christi Nueces County Texas, 1943. June. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017858966/ .
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1929. “Crowd of people gather outside the New York Stock Exchange following the Crash of 1929.” Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/99471695/