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Italian-American Internment Card
This internment card was used to track Italian-American enemy aliens and ensure that they obeyed discriminatory regulations. This one depicts Italian immigrant Carmelo Ilacqua, who was a resident of Santa Clara County.
Captive of the Labyrinth Chapter 6
A chapter about the construction and architecture of the Winchester Mystery house
Order of the Red Star
Order of the Red Star medal given during WWII
Metal for Battle Merit
Medal awarded by the USSR during WWII for battle service
Italian Prisoners of War in Rhodesia
This image is of a group of Italian POWs in a war camp in southern Africa. The prisoners appear to be joyful as they eat bananas.
Temple of Kom Ombo: hieroglyphs
Hieroglyphs on the Temple of Kom Ombo, Egypt.
The Rolling Devils pose for a team photo
The Rolling Devils pose for a team photo c. 1947. By the spring of 1948, World War II paralyzed veterans played a game of wheelchair basketball at New York's Madison Square Garden. With over 15, 561 boisterous spectators, the event foreshadows the…
Civil rights picketers in Atlanta
Photographer Billy Downs. Signs the demonstrators hold read "Separate is not equal" and "Segregation is not democratic."