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Conventions Which Protect

This poster was part of "Youth and Life" a 48-poster series published by the American Social Hygiene Association. The series was designed to educate…
This Little Book Contains Every Reason Why Women Should Not Vote

Small booklet consisting of blank pages.
Child Labor in Virginia. NCLC Pamphlet No. 171

Pamphlet by Alexander Jeffrey McKelway, Secretary for the Southern States, National Child Labor Committee. With photographs by Lewis W. Hine, staff…