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Panorama of CalcuttaThese six sectional images are lithograph prints that comprise one drawing by Frederick Fiebig entitled Panorama of Calcutta. Together the images…
Organization of the primary schools of the city of Boston: September, 1854This book lists out all the primary schools of the Boston area. The area is broken down into districts in which they then list the schools, number of…
OpinionIn this writing piece, the author talks about the segregation at the time and how everything from restaurants, theaters and trains are all segregated…
Old deserted shack, tenant house, in grain field. Greene County, GeorgiaEven though this house is from a different time period than the house in The Color Purple, the style and area reflect how Mister's house must have…
Old and New London: Volume 2The source is about the Fleet Prison, or the prison that is featured in the start of the novel. The information presented here describes some of its…
Newsstand, Memphis, TennesseeThis picture gives a real view of Memphis Tennessee in the time of the novel. The picture focuses on an African American working at a news stand,…
NEW-YORK.: FRIDAY, JUNE 16.The townhouses on fifth avenue are where the high class people in The House of Mirth live. The Dorsets and Mrs. Peniston live in these types on…
New York, New York. Street scene in HarlemThis is a photograph of a street scene in Harlem, New York in June of 1943. It is part of The Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information…
New York Boarding HousesIn this article it talks about how much it cost to rent and keep a house in New York. The cost of living in New York is very expensive, especially if…
Most Melancholy Occurrence [a look at death in boarding houses]In the novel, The House of Mirth, Lily Bart is forced to live in a boarding house because she has no money left. Lily is extremely depressed about…