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In a Bachelor's Sky-Parlor: ..The Decorator and Furnisher

This article from Current Literature describes the decor and style of a bachelor apartment in New York City that over looks Long Island and New…

How the Middle Classes and the Poor Live in Boston.

This primary source is about reports giving about families and harsh living conditions that took place in Boston. Most of these families where middle…

Home of share-cropper Living near Merigold, Mississippi. Background Photo, Sunflower Plantation

This is a picture of standard living kitchen for people who lived in share-cropping place. I feel as though it resembles Pas house in the opening…

History of Trinity Church and its grave yard...

This primal book proves that there in fact is a grave for Charlotte Temple. "Crossing the path, and near to Broadway, is a large brown tomb-stone,…

Historic American Buildings Survey

This photograph is related to The Color Purple because it is shown as a description of the Mayors house. However, in the novel there is not an actual…

Hastings, in Sussex [advertisement for women’s school]

This source is advertising a ladies school in Sussex, which is a part of Chichester. This document relates to the novel in that Charlotte Temple…

Gottlieb Mittleberger’s Journey to Pennsylvania in the Year 1750 and Return to Germany in the Year 1754

This primary source tells a story of a man from Germany, Gottlieb Mittleberger who travels to Pennsylvania in 1750. His journey starts on a ship…

This article is about a little boy who was killed in the hovel that he lived in with his family. However after he was killed, he could see the light…

Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, Volume 30 [excerpt]

This source is from one of Frank Leslie’s periodicals from July to December of 1890. Here he talks about “who was Charlotte Temple”. He goes in and…

Fortifications in the Harbor of New York [description of the Harbor of New York and how the soldiers used it to their advantage]

The article that I have found talks about the fortifications of the New York Harbor and how it was built to survive an attack. The article expresses…