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World War I pamphlet warning soldiers of the effect of sexually transmitted diseases.
From the William E. Blake Collection.
UH 630_S65_1914 Soldier Attention front cover crop rsz.jpg

Songs recorded by participants in CORE's Freedom Highways project in the summer of 1962. The project was designed to open chain restaurants along major federal highways to all persons.

Vinyl LP and songbook.
Dauntless DM 4301, a division of Audio…
M1977 _P75S57 1962 Sit-in Songs CORE cover rsz small.jpg

Handbill showing a bottle of alcohol. The bottle's label depicts a boy in short pants with a snake coiled around his body, The label reads "Fluid Extract of Hell. GUARANTEED TO KILL BOYS." Written on the bottle itself are statistics attributed to the…
What the Bottle Does One Years Work scan crop rsz2.jpg

Venereal disease bulletin, no. 54.
Public health pamphlet arguing that prostitution spreads venereal disease and cannot be "segregated, licensed, and made sanitary."
M 9 Box 54 Case Against the Red Light cover crop rsz .jpg

Educational pamphlet on the topic of venereal disease.
M 9 Box 55 When They Come Home cover rsz.jpg

Letter from President Coolidge to Kate Waller Barrett regarding the Florence Crittenton Mission which managed homes for unwed mothers and prostitutes.

My dear Mrs. Barrett:
It is not easy to imagine a single reason why the work of the Florence…
M 9 Box 111 Letter to K W Barrett from C Coolidge 10_23_1924 rsz.jpg

Pamphlet advocating for theChild Labor Amendment,passed in 1924, but never ratified.Text from back of pamphlet: A federal minimum will give to American Children all the advantages of our federal form of government.Every state may wish to give its…
HD 6250_U3A5 1920 An Amendment to the Constitution is Needed p1 rsz.jpg
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