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U.S.A. Temperance Union Pledge
We, the undersigned, connected with the Army of the United States, feeling the necessity of some fafe-guard against the evil of Intemperance so prevalent among us, and believing that Total Abstinence alone will prove effectual, do adopt the following…
Tags: social welfare history, temperance
When They Come Home
Educational pamphlet on the topic of venereal disease.
What the Employers of America Can Do for the Disabled Soldiers & Sailors.
Issued by the Federal Board for Vocational Education, Washington, D.C.; Series: Monograph ; no. 3.; Vocational Rehabilitation Series ; no. 3 "The great American Congress felt the pulse of the Nation. It has charged the Federal Board for Vocational…
Legal Passport
A request for legal passage for African Americans out of the United States.TranscriptUnited States of AmericaDepartment of StateTo all to whom these presents shall come - Greeting - DescriptionStature 5 feet - 11 ½ InchesForehead OrdinaryEyes…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Virginia State University
Photo of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., meeting with Virginia State University administrators, faculty and students
London Memorial to Nurse Cavell
Nurse Cavell Memorial, St. Martin's Place, London - This beautiful and dignified statue stands in St. Martin's Place. It is a fitting memorial of Edith Cavell, who gave up her life for King and Country at Brussels, on 12th October, 1915.
James Branch Cabell, photograph by Carl Van Vechten
Two photographs of James Branch Cabell taken by Carl Van Vechten. 1935.
Tags: James Branch Cabell
Self Portrait of Carl Van Vechten
Self-portrait by Carl Van Vechten. Van Vechten took several photographs of James Branch Cabell.
Paper Girls
With the four main characters sketched in black against a yellow field, bold pink lettering, and a single smoke trail of white, The cover of Paper Girls was made to be eye-catching. Yellow is the most reflective of all the colors, meaning that it is…
Jack Tales, Page 5
While the paper choices talked about above are highly important to the final quality and appearance of the finished comic, this is not how the pages often begin. The printed version on the paper that we as readers handle is compiled from artists’…
Scotland Yard Detective, Page 1-A
This piece is an excellent example of dynamic composition. In this scene a group of people with clubs and torches startle the horses drawing a coach, and the coach begins to overturn. Each part of the image, from the buildings to the characters,…
Scotland Yard Detective, Page 37
There are roughly eight different types of shading that are often used by artists, hatching, cross-hatching, contour-hatching, contour cross-hatching, diverse hatching, stippling, scribbling, and ink wash. This work is an amazing example of the…
Wanderings of Æneas and the Founding of Rome
Note: "James Branch Cabell from Uncle Arthur, Xmas, '86."
Tags: Cabell Room, James Branch Cabell
Nelson Cartoon
Cartoon image by Bill Nelson from the February 7, 1969 issue of the VCU student newspaper of the new VCU logo and the University's first president, Warren Brandt. Nelson graduated from VCU and went to an acclaimed career as artist and illustrator.