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Utopias: Featured Images

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Thomas Cole’s “Dream of Arcadia” c. 1838

Pleasant Hill Shaker Village Mill, late 19th century — Pleasant Hill Shaker Village Mill, Kentucky, late 19th century

Aromatic Elixir of Malt created by Shakers of Pleasant Hill

Pleasant Hill Shaker Village Broom Shop, between 1886-1891,

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Cemeteries: Featured Images

Images featured in Discovering Quacks, Utopias, and Cemeteries: Modern Lessons from Historical Themes

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Guidebook for Mount Auburn Cemetery, 1854

Medieval cemetery in 15th-century manuscript

Treestone tombstones, 1900 — Treestone tombstones for Woodmen of the World members

Memento mori symbols on 18th century tombstone

Egyptian Revival Sphinx, Mount Auburn Cemetery, 1872

"How the Gates Came Ajar" Sheet Music, 1872 — “How the Gates Came Ajar” Sheet Music, 1872

Livery Stable Ledger/Scrapbook, 1879-1881.

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Quacks: Featured Images

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The Quack by Jan Steen, 1650 - 1660 — The Quack by Jan Steen, 1650 – 1660

Samuel Thomson's "Natural" Botanic Medicine — Samuel Thomson’s “Natural” Botanic Medicine

Postcard promoting an electric cure, 19th century — Dr. Scott’s Genuine Electric Belt Postcard, late 19th century

Tonic for Brain Workers, 1909 — 1909 ad for tonic to combat neurasthenia

Clark Stanley's Snake Oil — Snake oil means quackery thanks to Clark Stanley

Horsford’s Acid Phosphates Trade Card, late 19th century

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Housing: Featured Images

Images featured in Investigating Family, Food, and Housing Themes in Social Studies

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Aladdin Homes Mail Order Advertisement, 1912

Hall and parlor house - early American housing — Hall and parlor house – early American housing

I house - early American housing — I house – early American housing

Reed organs and pianos, 19th century middle class status symbol.

17th century genre painting of Dutch middle class, urban home

19th century middle class woman’s sphere in the home

Food: Featured Images

Images featured in Investigating Family, Food, and Housing Themes in Social Studies

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Cooking in the pre-industrial home, 17th century

Table Laid for Home Dinner Without Service of a Maid, 1922

New technology calls for new recipes, 1922

Ad for bread flour, 1921 — Advertisement for bread flour, 1921

Which is better? Home made or store bought bread? 1922

advertisement for lard, a pure food, 1891 — Lard, a “pure” food, 1891

"Fake" food and government regulation, 1887 — “Fake” food and government regulation, 1887

Family: Featured Images

Images featured in Investigating Family, Food, and Housing Themes in Social Studies

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Portrait of wealthy, powerful family, 18th century.

Rural, working class family portrait, 1936

Urban, working class family portrait, 1912

Housework & Domestic Service: Featured Images

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Women's Work, c. 1874 — Women’s Work, c. 1874

The "Ideal" Family, 1843 — The “Ideal” Family, 1843

Maid in 1909 Campbell's Soup Advertisement — Maid in 1909 Campbell’s Soup Advertisement

The American Woman’s Home, 1869 by Catharine Beecher

Maid in Standard Plumbing Advertisement, 1903

Vacation & Etiquette – Featured Images

Images featured in Exploring Vacation and Etiquette Themes in Social Studies: Primary Source Inquiry for Middle and High School

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Vacation: Primary Source Images

St. James as a pilgrim by Hieronymus Bosch, circa 1450–1516.

Title page of Picturesque America, 1872-1874.

Cover of The Travelers’ Green Book, 1960. T — The Travelers’ Green Book, 1960. These travel guides, published 1936 – 1966, provided information about lodging, restaurants, and other facilities that served African Americans.

Segregated travel, 1943.Segregated travel, 1943. — Segregated travel, 1943.

Beachgoers, Long Beach, California, c. 1910

Wheel chairs or rolling chairs on the boardwalk.

Wigwam Village Inn #2, Cave City, KY, 1940

Etiquette Images: Primary Source Images

Bad Conversational Etiquette - 19th Century — Bad Conversational Etiquette – 19th Century

Good Conversational Etiquette - 19th Century — Good Conversational Etiquette – 19th Century

Good Dining Room Etiquette, 19th century — Gentility in the Dining Room, 19th century

Dating at Coney Island, c. 1903. — Dating at Coney Island, c. 1903

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Visit local library and university archives for travel ephemera from your community or start your own collection. Here are a few examples from my collection, a friend’s collection, and from my university’s archives. Continue reading “Vacation: More Images”

Rustic Dance After a Sleigh Ride (1830) by William Sidney Mount

Manners: More Images

Courtship in American Genre Painting

Courtship was a popular theme of American genre painting and prints in the 19th century. Artists created these paintings when technological, economic, social, or political change were redefining social class and status. Quickly changing social class expectations made courtship a challenge. In these depictions of courtship, codes of urban, genteel behavior were contrasted with the behavior of the country rustic. A young woman choosing between two suitors was popular in theatrical comedies as well. Continue reading “Manners: More Images”

Age-Old Cultural Circuit of Egyptian Chicken Hatcheries

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Aristotle (384-322 BC)

Eggs are hatched by the incubation of the mother-bird. In some cases, as in Egypt, they are hatched spontaneously in the ground, by being buried in dung heaps. A story is told of a drunkard in Syracuse, how he used to put eggs Continue reading “Age-Old Cultural Circuit of Egyptian Chicken Hatcheries”

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Vacation: Primary Source Images

Etiquette Images: Primary Source Images

Travel Ephemera

Courtship in American Genre Painting