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How NYC tenements once hid secret sweatshops
How NYC tenements once hid secret sweatshops
Immigrant families worked punishing hours in dilapidated apartments just to survive
Brendan Seibel
Jun 20, 2018
Photos: L.A.’s mid-century smog was so bad, people thought it was a gas attack
Rian Dundon
Photos: Before it was for slackers, Home Economics fostered trailblazing female scientists
Brendan Seibel
Photos: The Marlboro Man has nothing on these pioneering cowgirls
Brendan Seibel
While abortion doctors were being killed, pro-lifers prayed in support of the attackers
Rian Dundon
Photos: Depression-era billboards sold and celebrated the “American way”
Rian Dundon
Photos: The urban facelift of Paris was calculated and devastating
Brendan Seibel
These photos show Chinese Canadians’ entrance into the middle class, after enduring decades of…
These photos show Chinese Canadians’ entrance into the middle class...
Up until the 1940s, Chinese Canadians were prevented from professional careers and targeted with dehumanizing laws
Brendan Seibel
May 2, 2018
When the government refused to use slavery to recruit soldiers, the media had no qualms
When the government refused to use slavery to recruit soldiers, the...
While their motive was questionable, America finally saw regiments of black Union soldiers living and dying alongside their white…
Brendan Seibel
Apr 17, 2018
These photos show an idealized vision of midcentury America… with a subtle hint of weirdness
These photos show an idealized vision of midcentury America… with a...
Nina Leen’s work was some of the best — and least remembered — of all Life’s celebrated photographers
Rian Dundon
Apr 16, 2018
These photos show how everyday life continued at the heart of Lebanon’s brutal civil war
These photos show how everyday life continued at the heart of Leban...
Daily activities continued along Beirut’s Green Line
Rian Dundon
Apr 3, 2018
This could be the most offensive baby ever
This could be the most offensive baby ever
This 1991 ad sparked protests and was pulled from several magazines
Laura Smith
Mar 27, 2018
Welcome to the hotel. All rooms come with views of urban warfare
Welcome to the hotel. All rooms come with views of urban warfare
Some of the heaviest fighting in the Lebanese Civil War happened in Beirut’s ritzy hotel district
Rian Dundon
Mar 26, 2018
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