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Social Reform Collection

Background imageSocial Reform Collection: Deacon Giless Distillery temperance cartoon, 1830s

Deacon Giless Distillery temperance cartoon, 1830s
" Bringing back the rum, " temperance cartoon showing liquor barrels labeled with forms of death, Salem, Massachusetts. Hand-colored woodcut from an 1830s temperance pamphlet

Background imageSocial Reform Collection: BUSN2A-00194

BUSN2A-00194
Dynamite bomb exploding among police ranks during the Haymarket Square riot in Chicago, 1886. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageSocial Reform Collection: BUSN2A-00160

BUSN2A-00160
Great Railroad Strike workers blockade the locomotive engines at Martinsburg, West Virginia, in 1877. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Reform Collection: Labor strike, late 1800s

Labor strike, late 1800s
Striking workers on parade in the U.S. late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Reform Collection: BUSN2A-00203

BUSN2A-00203
Parade of working men on strike for an eight-hour work day in New York City, 1872. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageSocial Reform Collection: Suffragettes in New York City, 1911

Suffragettes in New York City, 1911
Womens suffrage march on Fifth Avenue in New York, 1911. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageSocial Reform Collection: Suffragettes in New York City, 1912

Suffragettes in New York City, 1912
Suffragette marchers carrying portable speaker rostrums, New York City, 1912. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageSocial Reform Collection: Communist demonstration broken up by New York police

Communist demonstration broken up by New York police
Communist workers driven from a demonstration in Tompkins Square by mounted police, New York City, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Reform Collection: Suffragette parade leaders in New York City, 1912

Suffragette parade leaders in New York City, 1912
Suffragette parade marshals assembled in Washington Square, New York City, 1912. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Background imageSocial Reform Collection: PSOC2A-00039

PSOC2A-00039
German Night, a social event for immigrants at Hull House in Chicago, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSocial Reform Collection: PSOC2A-00007

PSOC2A-00007
Children in Jane Addams Hull House day nursery, Chicago, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration


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