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Events
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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Gum Sorting and Inspection Dept. at American Chicle Company Plant
Gum Sorting and Inspection Dept. at American Chicle Company Plant,
Underwood & Underwood,
1923
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Protect Your Hands!
Protect Your Hands! : You Work With Them,
Robert Muchley, artist,
Pennsylvania: Federal Art Project, [1936]
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Biddick Mine
Biddick Mine, Livingston, Wis.,
Lighty Photo Co.,
1915.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
“Labor, Work, Action”
“Labor, Work, Action,“
Hannah Arendt,
typescript lecture, 1967.
The Hannah Arendt Papers at the Library of Congress,
Series: Speeches and Writings File, 1923-1975.
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
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