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U.S. inspectors examining eyes of immigrants, Ellis Island

English: U.S. inspectors examining eyes of immigrants, Ellis Island, New York Harbor

Santa Anita (Calif.) Assembly Center -- youngsters carry flags in Americanization program

"Photograph shows Japanese American young children carrying American flags in program to promote their assimilation into American society during…

Chinese railroad workers, ca. 1880

Track maintenance workers, called "gandy dancers" in railroad slang, patrol the Oregon Pacific Railroad in a hand

The Coming Man: Allee sammee Melican Man Monopoleeee

This image is a political cartoon titled "The Coming Man," published in The Wasp magazine on May 20, 1881. It reflects the anti-Chinese sentiment…

Aerial Photograph, Cuba Soviet Missile Installations

Aerial photograph of Cuban missile launch sites.

[Gold miners, El Dorado, California]

Miners standing near a ditch with a log cabin in the background.

First Electric Chair at Ohio State Penitentiary

A 1908 description of an execution states that 1750 volts were used in the electric chair for the first seven seconds and then 250 volts for the…