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Exterior of "11th St. Opera House," a Philadelphia(?) theater advertising Dumont's Minstrels, burlesque, and Buffalo Bill's Ranche 101.

The picture was made at the monetary conference called by Sen. Elmer Thomas, D. Okla. Father Coughlin was an outspoken critic of Roosevelt's New Deal who was accused of antisemitism.

The source shows a garment worker in a New Jersey clothing factory.

An advertisement sent out by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union promoting the Union.

This photo depicts immigrants taking classes in night school. When Gruenberg and her family arrived in Minnesota, her mother took classes to polish her English.

This photo depicts Independence Hall in 1910.

One of the Stetson buildings; this is where the company screened movies for the employees and their families.

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.

The picture shows a 1897 map of the League Island Navy Yard, which is now known as the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

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.