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1919 Poster  Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which men with partial arm amputations perform mechanical drafting without the need for prostheses. Visual Still
1919 Poster  Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which disabled soldiers are being taught useful skills to enable them to find employment upon discharge from military service - Disabled Serbians working in the carpentry shop at Lyons, France ; A tailoring class in Paris taught by a one-legged instructor. Visual Still
1919 Poster  Poster explaining government policies toward disabled military personnel. Visual Still
1919 Poster  Poster reading that The Disabled Man Who is Profitably Employed Is No Longer Handicapped.

Training for self-support is not only humane, but economical. The advantages already extended to injured soldiers at home and abroad must be extended to every citizen disabled in industry or accident.

Rehabilitation is the fundamental means of attack on the problem of disability. Let us help the cripple in the future, not by handing out alms, but by giving him a fair chance to win his own way to self-respect and self-support. Visual Still
circa 1860 Photograph  Franklin Pierce, seated, in suit, with hand inside vest. Visual Still
circa 1848 Lithograph  A man in top hat returns home to smiling wife and children, factory on a river in the background. Visual Still
1904 Photograph  Helen Keller sits in a straightback wooden chair wearing cap and gown. Visual Still
circa 1850 Photograph  A scratched image of a man in a suit with a full head of gray hair. Visual Still
1942 Poster  Movie poster - Show ideal bodies of man and woman. Visual Still
1860 Lithograph  A boy wearing high-waist pants, an over-sized jacket, and a hat holds newspapers in both hands. Visual Still
1860 Engraving  Visual Still
1860 Engraving  Visual Still
1919 Cover  Picture of a boy with a hoop and stick. Visual Still
1919 Illustration  Two girls walk away from Muddy Jim. Visual Still
1919 Illustration  Images of the sun, children indoors and outdoors, microbes through a magnifying glass, and a man working at a microscope. Visual Still
1919 Illustration  Images of a girl swatting flies around food at a table, a woman washing food at a sink, and flies around food sold by a street vendor. Visual Still
circa 1913 Photograph  Young boy in hat stands before large door holding newspapers. Visual Still
1922 Photograph  Bare-footed boy holding newspapers. Visual Still
August 1908 Photograph  Boy with cap stands in street holding a newspaper. Visual Still
September 17, 1884 Cover  Print shows Benjamin F. Butler standing on a stage dressed as a clown, a list of nominations for the 1884 presidential election trails from his pocket: Last ... Greenback ... Convict Party ... Tewksbury Pauper ... Women's Suffrage ... His own nomination; next to him Belva Lockwood has emerged through a hole in the stage floor carrying over her head a scroll announcing the Nomination for Pres. Women's Rights Party. Visual Still
December 30, 1871 Engraving  Image of a crowd of immigrants on a sailing ship. Visual Still
May 1, 1898 Cover  Print showing a bloated Civil War veteran sitting on a chair beneath a sign that states How the Fatman has grown. On display next to him is Uncle Sam sitting on a chair beneath a sign that states The Living Skeleton. Visual Still
1863 Broadside  A printed broadside announcing a Barnum lecture at Westfield, Massachusetts. Visual Still
January 17, 1883 Cover  llustration shows Benjamin F. Butler spreading ashes labeled Censure, Exposure, Desire for Reform, [and] Criticism on a slide in the snow labeled Slide of Public Mismanagement to the dismay of a group of children labeled Factory Employee, Sup't. of Charitable Institution, Prison Supt., Army Snob, Matron of Infant Asylum, Manager of Insane Asylum, [and] Superflluous Gov't. Employee on Beacon Hill. Visual Still
1874 Government Document  Chart Showing The Distribution By Age And Sex Of Blindness. Visual Still
1874 Government Document  Chart Showing The Distribution By Age And Sex Of Blindness, Explanation Visual Still
1874 Government Document  Chart Showing The Distribution By Age And Sex Of Blindness, Heading Visual Still
1874 Government Document  Chart Showing The Distribution By Age And Sex Of Blindness, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island Visual Still
1874 Government Document  Chart Showing The Distribution By Age And Sex Of Deaf Mutism Visual Still
1874 Government Document  Chart Showing The Distribution By Age And Sex Of Deaf Mutism, Heading Visual Still
1874 Government Document  Chart Showing The Distribution By Age And Sex Of Deaf Mutism, Explanation Visual Still
1874 Government Document  Chart Showing The Distribution By Age And Sex Of Deaf Mutism, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut Visual Still
1874 Government Document  Twelve pie charts showing a comparative view of the distribution of insanity by sex and nativity in the several States. Visual Still
June 7, 1882 Print  Uncle Sam and a woman in an American flag dress cover their ears as an Irishman yells. Bricks with labels including Irish independence are scattered at the feet of Uncle Sam. The dim room has two levels of beds, with labels including Frenchman, Negro, and Russian. Visual Still
August 1, 1883 Cover  Print shows George F. Hoar standing in front of a monument that states To the Eternal Shame of Massachus'tts - Conceived in Corruption Erected in Humanity [?] Tewkesbury; his hat labeled Republicans is under one foot, the other foot in a bucket of whitewash labeled The Republican Report, he is holding a large brush with which he has attempted to cover up the text on the stone. This cartoon refers to disturbing events that took place at the State Almshouse at Tewksbury, Massachusetts, prior to 1883. Visual Still
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