Company housing
Russell Lee photographed coal miner Carl Ruth and his family on September 6, 1946. The family rented their company housing for $10 a month from the Black Mountain...
Continuing tradition
In this 1951 photograph, a seven-year-old Jewish boy asks the traditional Passover questions during a Seder dinner with elders Joseph Blantz, 91, and Hannah Skolnick...
Dissenting Opinion
This case was heard in the Charleston District Court in May 1951 by a panel of three Federal judges. The majority ruling was that “separate but equal” schools...
Does TV cause crime?
The Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency held hearings on the effect of television on young people on April 21– 22, and June 4, 1954.
Dressed for success?
A very young Bill Clinton, pictured here in a topcoat, was already dressing the part. Born in 1946, he grew up to serve two terms as Governor of Arkansas and two...
Dryland farmers
This Native American farming family sat for their portrait in front of a dwelling on the Flathead Reservation near Niarada, Montana, on September 16, 1921. They...
Enjoying the outdoors
This photo of six members of the Antoine family was taken around 1936. They may have been members of the Sicangu Oyate tribe living on the Rosebud Indian Reservation...