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A 1959 cigarette company trading card featuring Laika, the Sputnik dog.

Within a month of the launch of Sputnik, the first satellite, Soviets launched a second satellite, Sputnik 2. This satellite had a dog named Laika…

A 1958 news clip of an American official discussing the Soviet space program.

This man alludes to the Soviet rejection of Open Skies in 1955 and their advancement in missile development. This clip was made months after the…

A 1957 American political cartoon titled “Another Race We Can Lose.”

This political cartoon from a St. Louis newspaper sums up America’s despair over the successful Soviet launch of Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit…

A 16 year-old girl raped by Japanese soldiers during the Nanjing Massacre

Photograph depicting a 16 year-old Chinese gil who was raped and infected with a venereal disease by Japanese soldiers during the Nanjing Massacre

990 Form for Tu Lam Temple

A screenshot of a section of Tu Lam temple's 990 tax form from the 2018 year provided by candid.org to highlight the temple having to identify as a…

88th Congress of the United States

A formal legislative record of Public Law 88-352, enacted to outlaw discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin and to…

85 to 90 pounds of grapes to make five gallons of wine;

It takes 85 to 90 pounds of grapes to make five gallons of wine; some families brew up to 200 gallons each year. Courtesy of the Mancini family.