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Peter PappasJan 19, 20151 min read

History 101: Industry of the Beavers (1731)

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

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Peter PappasOct 22, 20141 min read

History 101: Little Helpers

Two views of child labor ~ circa 1910

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Peter PappasMar 4, 20152 min read

History 101: Map of the Square and Stationary Earth

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Peter PappasOct 22, 20142 min read

History 101: KKK Summer Kamp

“To All the Klans and Klansmen of Texas Greetings: Kool Koast Kamp. The…

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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.

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Peter PappasDec 26, 20142 min read

History 101: Gruß vom Krampus

Have you been naughty or nice?

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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.

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Peter PappasOct 22, 20141 min read

History 101: Come Over and Help Us

Massachusetts Bay Colony Seal ~ 1676

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Peter PappasOct 22, 20141 min read

History 101: My Japan (1945)

“Come to my Japan if you dare. It’s as beautiful as the sight of your…

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Peter PappasDec 22, 20141 min read

History 101: Social Purity

Don’t be a old bachelor or fussy old maid

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