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Jan. 9 | Call for papers: Identities and Technocultures
A 2-day conference about American culture and technologies that examines how new technologies dominate and define Americaness in the US and abroad. Co-sponsored by the University of Iowa Center for Ethnic Studies and the Arts (CESA) and the Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA).
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Woman @ Desk
Woman @ Desk,
Harry Mellon Rhoads, photographer,
[between 1920 and 1930?].
Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library / Library of Congress
Meeting of the Mechanics and Others of the City of Washington
Meeting of the Mechanics and Others of the City of Washington,
broadside,
Washington, D.C., 1852.
Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
“Lightnin’” Washington
“Lightnin’” Washington, an African American prisoner, singing with his group in the woodyard at Darrington State Farm, Texas,
Alan Lomax, photographer,
April, 1934.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
Elaine Cerri in Kitchen of Main Residence
Elaine Cerri in Kitchen of Main Residence,
Howard W. Marshall, photographer,
1979.
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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