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A Toast to Robert Mondavi

Robert Mondavi holding grapes

Excerpt from 'The duties of women: A course of lectures'

Excerpt from 'The duties of women: A course of lectures' printed by Wililams and Norgate in 1881. This excerpt includes Lecture VI Duties of…

Map of the Battle of Antietam Illustrating Union and Confederate Positions

"Map of the battlefield of Antietam. No. 1. This map shows the position of the Union and Confederate forces on the morning of Sept. 17th, 1862, prior…

Letter, Alexander Frieder to Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1945

In this letter, Dwight D. Eisenhower's old friend, Alexander Frieder, wrote that he hoped Eisenhower would not forgot German war crimes in the…

President Truman's Statement on the Situation in Korea, 1950

In this press release, President Truman announced that he was committing American forces to a combined United Nations military effort in Korea. The…

Italian fishermen gathered on "Fisherman's Wharf."

Italian fishermen gathered on "Fisherman's Wharf" in San Francisco, California

Stockton (vicinity), California. Mexican agricultural laborer topping sugar beets

United States--California--San Joaquin County--Stockton