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Ludgate Hill, From Fleet StreetThe engraving illustrates the day-to-day lifestyle of people in the 18th century. The image is intended to be of Ludgate Hill, which is situated in…
Lodgings for the Poor [a look at the current living conditions of the poor]The newspaper article provides an interesting insight into the living conditions and perceived morality of the poor. In The Lamplighter, Nan Grant’s…
Living in a HovelThe passage I picked reminds me of the hovel in Charlotte Temple. In the beginning, the author uses imagery to help the reader understand what the run…
Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great CityThis text gives background to the many locations of entertainment and sightseeing in late 18th century New York. In the segment reviewed, the author…
LETTER FROM ENGLAND1834-10-11
This article is about someone’s experiences with weather….. They felt like the weather was not extremely cold or severely hot…
Letter from California Life in San FranciscoThis news article is a print of Benj. Orrick from mines of California during the Gold Rush. Orrick talks about how its easy to make cash there but the…
Law IntelligenceThis source is an article about a man by the name of Mr. Priestley who married a young girl only 17 years old, which eventually she was taken away…
Just before a church meeting at a Negro church in Heard County, GeorgiaThis photo was published around 42 years before the publication of the novel 'The Color Purple'. The picture includes a church and a few black people…
IN TOWNS & COUNTRY: Holiday Week DancesThis article talks about holiday dances that have been thrown in young ladies’ honor. One of the girl’s parties was said to be thrown at Sherry’s.…
In Georgia/O’Neill LathamThe illustration by O’Neill is of an African American family living in Georgia. Some are trying and some are trying not to, watch Caucasian men…