History 101

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Peter PappasMar 22

What’s that tell you about Japan?

Here’s an illustration from a 1945 pamphlet Let’s Tell You About Oregon,
ca. 1945 by Ralph Lee.

Peter PappasMay 8, 2015

History 101: KKK Application 1921

Do you believe in the principles of PURE Americanism?

From AppliKKKation

Peter PappasMar 4, 20152 min read

History 101: Map of the Square and Stationary Earth

Peter PappasJan 19, 20151 min read

History 101: Industry of the Beavers (1731)

They fell large trees with their teeth… To lay the…

Peter PappasJan 6, 20151 min read

History 101: An army of toiling children

This list from the 1895 book Hull-House Maps and Papers, put together by workers at Jane Addams’ Hull House, catalogs the results of medical examinations done on a group of Chicago children applying for certificates to continue their factory jobs.

Peter PappasDec 26, 20142 min read

History 101: Gruß vom Krampus

Have you been naughty or nice?

Peter PappasDec 22, 20141 min read

History 101: Social Purity

Don’t be a old bachelor or fussy old maid

Peter PappasNov 12, 20141 min read

History 101: Guide to Traveling While Black

For over 3o years the “Negro Travelers’ Green Book” helped Americans find safe…

Peter PappasOct 31, 20141 min read

History 101: Spook Tale (1895)

The first stop-motion movie by Lumière Brothers

Peter PappasOct 31, 20141 min read

History 101: Ministry of Fear

There is no escape …

History 101

Just the artifacts, ma’am

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