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Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Sturgeon Bay Lighthouse Door County Wisconsin

Sturgeon Bay Lighthouse Door County Wisconsin
USA Wisconsin Door County Sturgeon Bay North Pierhead Ship Canal Lighthouse. Door County, Wisconsin

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: William Hogarth Gin Lane

William Hogarth Gin Lane
Vintage engraving of showing a scene from William Hogarths Beer Street and Gin Lane. They depict the evils of the consumption of gin as a contrast to the merits of drinking beer

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Desert Landscape with Cactus in Arizona

Desert Landscape with Cactus in Arizona
Saguaro and Blooming Prickly Pear Cactus in Arizona Desert Landscape

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: A man walking through a backstreet of the Gorbals area of Glasgow

A man walking through a backstreet of the Gorbals area of Glasgow
31st January 1948: A man walking through a backstreet in the run-down Gorbals area of Glasgow. The Gorbals tenements were built quickly and cheaply in the 1840s

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: William Hogarth Four Times of the Day - Morning

William Hogarth Four Times of the Day - Morning
Vintage engraving of showing a scene from William Hogarths Four Times of the Day. They are humorous depictions of life in the streets of London, the vagaries of fashion

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Dulux Dog Drunk

Dulux Dog Drunk
22nd August 1972: Dash, the famous old English sheep dog who has starred in the Dulux paint commercials for 12 years at the reception held in honour of his retirement

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Victorian London - A shady place

Victorian London - A shady place
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. A dark alley in Whitechapel circa 1870

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: The Sleeping Congregation, William Hogarth

The Sleeping Congregation, William Hogarth
Vintage engraving of The Sleeping Congregation, William Hogarth. Interior of a church where the congregation sleeps as the clergyman reads from the gospel

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: The Pythia foretells the Oracle of Delphi

The Pythia foretells the Oracle of Delphi
Illustration of the Pythia foretells the Oracle of Delphi

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: A long exposure on the coast of Lake Superior, near Grand Marais, Minnesota

A long exposure on the coast of Lake Superior, near Grand Marais, Minnesota

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Dream Falls - Tahquamenon Falls State Park

Dream Falls - Tahquamenon Falls State Park
Upper Tahquamenon Falls in Fall Color. Tahquamenon Falls State Park encompasses close to 50, 000 acres stretching over 13 miles

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Milky Way Over Hollow Rock

Milky Way Over Hollow Rock
Hollow rock is an iconic coastal formation located on the North West side of Lake Superior. Air glow creates a colorful luminescent atmosphere below the night sky and Milky Way

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Bow bridge in springtime, Central Park, New York

Bow bridge in springtime, Central Park, New York
Bow bridge in springtime, Central Park, Manhattan, New York, USA Completed in 1862. It is one of the most photographed and filmed locations in Central Park

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: View over Mountain Range, Spain, Picos de Europa

View over Mountain Range, Spain, Picos de Europa
A view over a small mountain range located in the Picos de Europa Area, in this case near the village Villar de Onis, Asturias, Spain

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Hallstatt, Austria

Hallstatt, Austria
The village of Hallstatt, Lake Hallstatt, UNESCO World Heritage Hallstatt-Dachstein is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the HallstAÔé¼tter See (a lake)

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Nosey Kids

Nosey Kids
10th August 1942: Nursery school children gather round a Chrysler car belonging to Mrs JG Winan, the wife of the US ambassador to Britain

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Gin Lane

Gin Lane
This print was published as a pair with Beer Street and contrasted the health and productivity benefits of drinking beer with the vice of gin drinking

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Rescue with the breeches buoy

Rescue with the breeches buoy
Antique illustration of a Rescue with the breeches buoy

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Arctic chill

Arctic chill
A polar bear looks up towards the sky to smell the air for other approaching bears that would want to take his seal carcass. Taken off the northern coast of the Svalbard Archipelago

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Northern Lights over the Lofoten Islands in Norway

Northern Lights over the Lofoten Islands in Norway
Northern Lights, polar light or Aurora Borealis in the night sky over the Lofoten islands in Northern Norway

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Cliff Baths at Beach of Enniscrone of County Sligo in Ireland

Cliff Baths at Beach of Enniscrone of County Sligo in Ireland
Abandoned building which used to have a seaweed bath inside at beach of Enniscrone in County Sligo of Connacht province in Ireland

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Victorian London boys begging and sweeping street, 1870

Victorian London boys begging and sweeping street, 1870
Vintage engraving of Victorian London boys begging and sweeping street. Mothers Last Words, Mrs Sewell, c.1870

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Victorian London orphan boy begging on the street, 1870

Victorian London orphan boy begging on the street, 1870
Vintage engraving of Victorian London orphan boy begging on the street, 1870. Mothers Last Words, Mrs Sewell

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Illustration Of Black Union Regiment, Civil War, 1860s

Illustration Of Black Union Regiment, Civil War, 1860s
Recruitment illustration of a Black Union regiment of soldiers and their White commanding officer, labeled Come and join us, brothers, 1860s. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Schwabachers landing - Grand Teton National Park Wyoming USA

Schwabachers landing - Grand Teton National Park Wyoming USA
Sunrise on the Grand Teton range reflecting in the snake river. Fall colors in Autumn at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, United States

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Bleak House

Bleak House
Vintage engraving from the works of Charles Dickens. From Bleak House. I m Fly, says Jo. But Fen larksm you know. Stow hooking it!

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Bali Rice Terraces

Bali Rice Terraces. Sunrise rice fields of Jatiluwih at Tabanan, Bali Indonesia

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Night scenery of Mount Kinabalu in Sabah Borneo, Malaysia

Night scenery of Mount Kinabalu in Sabah Borneo, Malaysia
Mount Kinabalu is a prominent mountain on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. It is located in the East Malaysian state of Sabah and is protected as Kinabalu Park, a World Heritage Site

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Palau rock islands and tropical water from above

Palau rock islands and tropical water from above
Aerial view of lush green rock islands and clear blue tropical water of a coral reef lagoon

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: William Hogarth The Rakes Progress - In Bedlam

William Hogarth The Rakes Progress - In Bedlam
Vintage engraving of showing a scene from William Hogarths The Rakes Progress. The series shows the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, the spendthrift son and heir of a rich merchant

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Charles Dickens Sketches by Boz He raised his manacled hands

Charles Dickens Sketches by Boz He raised his manacled hands
Vintage engraving from Charles Dickens Sketches by Boz. He raised his manacled hands in a threatening attitude, fixed his eyes on his shrinking parent, and slowly left the room

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Humour social comment the ale house cartoon by Cruikshank

Humour social comment the ale house cartoon by Cruikshank
This is a cartoon etching by the well-known Victorian social caricaturist / cartoonist George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878), dated 1832

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Tuscany Field in Summer Season

Tuscany Field in Summer Season
Tonnaja Travel Photography, 578735972

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Red crassula (Crassula coccinea)

Red crassula (Crassula coccinea)
Illustration of a Red crassula (Crassula coccinea)

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Classic red tram on the streets of Lesser own (Mala Strana) in Prague, Czech Republic

Classic red tram on the streets of Lesser own (Mala Strana) in Prague, Czech Republic

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Nalati Grassland, Xinjiang, China

Nalati Grassland, Xinjiang, China
Nalati grassland, Xinjiang Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, China

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Church Ixelles

Church Ixelles
Reflection of Saint Cross Church in Flagey area, Brussels, Belgium

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Machu Picchu, a UNESCO world heritage site in Peru

Machu Picchu, a UNESCO world heritage site in Peru. It is ruins city of Inca kingdom. The city ruins of Machu Picchu is surrounded by high mountains. The picture is captured in a clear blue sky day

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: The three sister of Blue mountains, Australia

The three sister of Blue mountains, Australia
Three sister rock the spectacular landscape of Blue mountains, Australia

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Pennyfields

Pennyfields
circa 1925: A street in the slum area of Pennyfields, Limehouse, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Drunken Dog

Drunken Dog
A dog wearing a party hat slumped in a corner next to a bottle of champagne. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Carl Linnaeus monument in Stockholm, Sweden

Carl Linnaeus monument in Stockholm, Sweden
Illustration of Carl Linnaeus monument in Stockholm, Sweden

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Cartoon Showing Injustice Against Cherokee Nation

Cartoon Showing Injustice Against Cherokee Nation
Late 19th-century political cartoon showing injustices and cruelty to Native Americans, including the Cherokee, Shawnee and Delaware nations, by American railroad companies, politicians

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Red Jacket, West Virginia, Coal miners' wives holding children.

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Four members of the posting guard at Williamstown.

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Red Jacket, West Virginia. Miner and wife with 5 children outside of tent.

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Scene in West Virginia during a coal strike.

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Sid Hatfield

Sid Hatfield of Matewan, West Virginia, now under indictment for his part in shooting.

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Posting guard during miners strike.

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Coal Strike in West Virginia

Coal Strike in West Virginia
Posting guard at Williamstown, West Virginia during a coal strike.

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Two man sleeping in park covered with newspapers

Two man sleeping in park covered with newspapers

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Milo Reno

Milo Reno, speaking at Cooper Union

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: San Francisco Riots

San Francisco Riots
Of these two men seriously wounded during the San Francisco waterfront riots on July 5, one later died. Police clashed with strikers over a wide front during the day as the Industrial Association

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: 'Cover' Girls

'Cover' Girls
Refusing to show their faces to the camera, these girls wait to appear before U.S. Commissioner Needham C. Trunage, in Washington

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Actor Son of Meyer Davis Reported Renouncing Citizenship

Actor Son of Meyer Davis Reported Renouncing Citizenship
Reports from Paris indicates that Garry Davis, 26, son of Society orchestra leader, Meyer Davis has renounced his American citizenship to become a citizen of the world community

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Garry Davis

Garry Davis
Slumbering on the steps at the entrance to the United Nations restaurant in Paris is Garry Davis, actor son of U.S. band-leader, Meyer Davis

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Garry Davis

Garry Davis, former air force bombardier, who renounced his U.S. citizenship to becoem a "free citizen of the world, " faces the dawn's early light after rising from his sleeping bag in the entrance

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Garry Davis

Garry Davis, son of U.S. bandleader Meyer Davis, self-styled "world citizen, " is shown with some of his supporters as they distributed pamphlets in front of the Paris Opera

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Garry Davis

Garry Davis, son of bandleader Meyer Davis, who gave up his American citizenship to become a "citizen of the world, " is shown as he was carried on the shoulders of some of his supporters after he

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Ed Koch

Ed Koch
Mayor Edward Koch shakes hands with William Thom after the latter was sworn in as the state's first openly gay judge. The 43-year-old lawyer was sworn in to an interim term as a civil court judge

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Protestors in San Salvador

Protestors in San Salvador
Leftist union members and relatives of political prisoners march in downtown San Salvador. Despite threats from the army not to permit the demonstration, no incidents were reported

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Sleeping Quarters in Tenements

Sleeping Quarters in Tenements
SLEEPING QUARTERS IN A TENEMENT AREA, MENS OVERNIGHT QUARTERS. NEW YORK CITY, PHOTOGRAPH CA. 1905. PHOTOGRAPHER JACOB RIIS

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Illustration of Baker Holding Loaf of Bread Containing Alum

Illustration of Baker Holding Loaf of Bread Containing Alum
Illustration of baker holding a poisonous loaf of bread. Common additives to bread in the 19th century included alum, plaster of paris and chalk

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Illustration of Man Selling Adulterated Oleomargarine as Pure Butter

Illustration of Man Selling Adulterated Oleomargarine as Pure Butter
"Bogus butter" was the term used for oleomargarine, which was sometimes made from rancid animal fat and other dangerous ingredients

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Bogus Butter-Making Illustration

Bogus Butter-Making Illustration
An illustration of a wagon hauling rancid lard is captioned, "Bogus butter-making - the process of manufacture - a fat-collecting wagon, with its unsavory load

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Conspiracy in Russia: A Nihilist Meeting Surprised Illustration

Conspiracy in Russia: A Nihilist Meeting Surprised Illustration
A secret political society meeting surprised by the Czarist police

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Illustration of Diseased Cow Being Milked

Illustration of Diseased Cow Being Milked
Illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated News of a diseased cow, unable to stand on its own, pulled up to be milked by an unscrupulous owner

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Illustration of Gander Pulling in Georgia

Illustration of Gander Pulling in Georgia
A sport for savages. How the people of Georgia, who their law-makers consider, would be demoralized by the "Police Gazette

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Illustration of Death Making Poison Candy

Illustration of Death Making Poison Candy
Depiction of Death making candy tainted with arsenic and plaster of paris and captioned, "A Hint to Parents: The Popular Confectioner, Death

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: 'Midsummer Fires' Burn in Winter

'Midsummer Fires' Burn in Winter
The Rev. C.N. Greene, of Coldwater, LA. makes good his threat to burn in the public square of Natchitoches a copy of 'The Midsummer Fires, ' a novel by local author James Aswell

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Garry Davis

Garry Davis, self-styled world citizen, is shown leaving a Paris police van yesterday after being arrested on charges of vagrancy for insisting on maintaining a long vigil before the Cherche-Midi

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: World Citizen Besieges Germany

World Citizen Besieges Germany
Garry Davis, son of the famed American orchestra leader, Meyer Davis, who gave up his American birthright to become a 'citizen of the world

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Garry Davis in Car

Garry Davis in Car
Self-styled 'World Citizen' Garry Davis, 28, (center) is shown pointing the way home to his dad, Meyer Davis, society orchestra leader, and sister Marjorie

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Open Comic Book Hearings

Open Comic Book Hearings
Senator Thomas D. Hennings, Senator Estes Kefauver, Senator Robert C. Hendrickson, Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, and Ricard Clendenen, Subcommittee Investigator

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Eleanor Roosevelt Supports Polio Drive

Eleanor Roosevelt Supports Polio Drive
The Mothers' March on polio was inaugurated December 10, 1953 by Eleanor Roosevelt in ceremonies at the Commercial State Bank and Trust Co. Holding an enlistment scroll with Mrs

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: James Fitzpatrick

James Fitzpatrick
Assemblyman James A. Fitzpatrick reads from comic book at Juvenile Delinquency here

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Anti-Negro group attacks newsmen

Anti-Negro group attacks newsmen
One of the 15 members of an anti-negro mob who were arrested for creating a disturbance in nearby Oliver Springs and then were released from jail here September 5th under $1, 000 peace bond

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Richard Pavlick

Richard Pavlick
Richard Paul Pavlick - attempted suicide sits dejectedly in U.S. Commissioner's Office at West Palm Beach, Florida

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: The Man with the World Passport

The Man with the World Passport
Leaving the Home Office in London this morning is Mr. Garry Davis (39), the self-styled 'World Citizen Number One', an illegal alien, minus an official. Mr. Davis, a native of Maine, U.S

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Mining Strike

Mining Strike
Pickets at the copper mine entrance during the strike. Morenci, Arizona

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: Black Congressmen Meeting with President Nixon

Black Congressmen Meeting with President Nixon
In a long-delayed meeting at the White House, 12 black congressmen brought the problems facing 25 million black Americans directly to President Nixon

Background imageSocial Issues Collection: The Prisoner

The Prisoner
Vintage engraving from 1862 showing a man visiting a prisoner



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