Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection
Title
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection
Philadelphia Immigration Project
Collection Items
Mother giving medicine to child
Photograph shows a woman spoon feeding medicine to a young girl; various medicines on display on shelves next to woman and child
A woman and children in the shade of the trees at Fairmount Park
A woman and children in the shade of the trees at Fairmount Park
Woman Preparing Meals for her Family
The Herbster family gets well-balanced meals. Mrs. Herbster plans to give the children milk; leafy, green or yellow vegetables; raw fruits or vegetables rich in Vitamin C; cereals and bread, lean meat, poultry, fish and other vital foods which build…
Automobile
Family standing in front of an automobile. The hand written caption reads, "around the block for 2 cents."
Evening Public Ledger Pop Gun Advertisement
Evening Public Ledger newspaper article offers a price for a pop gun and other toys in 1919.
Sidney Hillman, member of President's Advisory Defense Commission
A picture of famous labor activist Sidney Hillman. Hillman would form the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and help to form the CIO. He would be appointed by FDR to the labor division of the War Production Board in 1942.
Str. Graf Waldersee
Photo of the Ocean Liner Graf Waldersee, which David Kaplan took from Hamburg to Philadelphia in 1911.
Dumont's Opera House
Exterior of "11th St. Opera House," a Philadelphia(?) theater advertising Dumont's Minstrels, burlesque, and Buffalo Bill's Ranche 101.