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Prohibition, Smuggling, Detroit River, Detroit, 1929A rum runner lies in wait on a dock in Sandwich, Ontario for the signal that it is clear to bring alcohol across the Detroit River to a landing plot…
First World War, Army, Jewish Battalion, Detroit, 1918Members of a "Jewish Battalion," pose for a photograph before leaving for the First World War. The young men are most likely members of the Jewish…
Prohibition, Smuggling, Detroit, 1920sAn ingenious, anonymous man demonstrates to reporters how one can transport flasks of alcohol throughout the city during Prohibition.
Organized Crime, Sugar House Gang, 1928A police photo of alleged members of the Sugar House Gang (aka The Purple Gang)
New OrleansPhotograph of an ostrich running
Welcome to ChuckeyPhoto of a sign as you enter Chuckey, in Greene County, Eastern Tennessee
Stanford-Binet tests of 112 kindergarten children and 77 repeated testsIntroduction to a study done by Lewis Terman & Irene Cuneo.
Car works, Pullman Palace Car Co., Pullman, Ill.An image of the Pullman car works in 1885.
W.E.B. Du Bois
Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial SchoolMt. Pleasant Indian Industrial School