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Mother Jones preparing her march from Philadelphia to New York
"Mary Harris "Mother" Jones with children and adults beginning their "Children's Crusade" to walk from Philadelphia to Oyster Bay, New York, to publicize the conditions of children working in textile mills."
Evening Public Ledger Pop Gun Advertisement
Evening Public Ledger newspaper article offers a price for a pop gun and other toys in 1919.
Crowd of strikers going to a meeting, Philadelphia
Strikers participating in the Rapid Transit Company's 1910 General Strike heading to a meeting.
Miss Philadelphia, Pa., Ruth Malcomson
Ruth Malcomson, posing here with some of her awards, was crowned Miss Philadelphia in 1923 and then Miss America in 1924. Gilda Cetrullo helped make the dress Malcolmson wore in the 1924 pageant.
U.S.S. Indiana, League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.
The picture shows the U.S.S Indiana docked in the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Str. Graf Waldersee
Photo of the Ocean Liner Graf Waldersee, which David Kaplan took from Hamburg to Philadelphia in 1911.
Vineland, New Jersey
Postcard shows a residential neighborhood in Vineland, New Jersey.
Sidney Hillman, member of President's Advisory Defense Commission
A picture of famous labor activist Sidney Hillman. Hillman would form the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and help to form the CIO. He would be appointed by FDR to the labor division of the War Production Board in 1942.
John L. Lewis
The picture shows famous labor activist John L. Lewis. Lewis would lead the UMW and would be the driving force behind the creation of the CIO. He was a powerful figure who was one of the most successful labor activists in American history.