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moonshine still.jpg
An Internal Revenue Service agent scrutinizes the contents of a moonshine still during the Prohibition era.

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A bird's eye view of North Broad Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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An advertisement sent out by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union promoting the Union.

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This photo depicts the Quaker Meeting House in Plymouth Meeting. Gruenberg and her husband spent a weekend at this house and met a ninety year old woman there. The woman was in shock that Gruenberg and her husband were from Minnesota.

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This photo depicts The Free Library of Philadelphia, Department for children. Gruenberg learned early on in Philadelphia that anyone who is anyone goes to a private library. She did not like the free libraries sounded like a charity case.

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This photo shows a suffragist parade in 1917. Bertha Gruenberg and her husband participated in a parade similar to this one.

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This photo shows the New Century Club, which is where the Women's Birth Control League staged their first meeting in Philadelphia.

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This photo depicts adult immigrants learning English in a classroom. Gruenberg had to teach Irishmen how to read and write.

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A map depicting the Ukraine.

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1910_Independence_Hall.jpg
This photo depicts Independence Hall in 1910.
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