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A policeman examines some of the ten school buses destroyed by fire and dynamite in late Aug. 30, 1971, just days before a court-ordered plan to desegregate schools in Pontiac, Michigan, by busing children went into effect.
A Pontiac policeman examines some of the ten school buses destroyed late Aug. 30 by dynamite and fire in a school bus depot here. About 40 other buses in the depot were undamaged. The city of 85,000 persons has been divided over a plan to bus a third…
A photo of officials standing with a group of braceros by a Southern Pacific train in California, 1942.
After going through the processing center in Mexico, workers were transported by train or bus to processing centers in the United States and then to bracero camps. The group pictured in this photograph is among the first group of braceros hired in…
A photo of a farm owner supervising braceros as they harvest sugar beets and toss them in the back of the truck, 1942
The original description from photographer Hal Higgins reads: “President Robert Barr of the Central California Beet Growers' Assoc. And his crew of Mexicans recently imported into California to save the record crop. Mr. Barr likes the Mexican labor…
A New, Copious, and Complete System of Arithmetic
Mathematics textbook for schools and merchants
A New System of Mercantile Arithmetic, 3rd edition
Mathematical textbook
A New Batch at Andersonville
Title: A new batch at Andersonville Abstract/medium: 1 drawing on orange paper : pencil ; 23.6 x 31.8 cm. (sheet).
Signed lower right: W.W.
Title inscribed below image.
On verso study for DRWG/US - Waud (W.), no 14 (A size)
Gift, J.P. Morgan,…
Signed lower right: W.W.
Title inscribed below image.
On verso study for DRWG/US - Waud (W.), no 14 (A size)
Gift, J.P. Morgan,…
A National Commitment to the Rights of the Individual - 1776 to 1976
The article presents a discussion about the history of special education for the handicapped people in the United States. During the time of President Lyndon Johnson, education was given priority. Laws focusing on the education of handicapped people,…
A model of the Soviet N-1 rocket, designed for a moon landing mission, ca. 1970.
The Soviets intended to use this rocket and capsule to send humans to the moon. The program lacked funding and, after four failed attempts, the program was abandoned in 1974.