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| | Themed Collections Added on 6/17/2008 By Calisphere Media (29) |
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| | Calisphere Calisphere is the University of California's free public gateway to a world of primary sources. More than 150,000 digitized items β including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories,... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1950s-1970s: Social Reform > Struggles for Social Justice Title: Huey Newton trial, second day July 16,1968 Creator/Contributor: Barney Peterson Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. These images show how a range of groups during the 1960s and 70s chose to voic... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1950s-1970s: Social Reform > The Free Speech Movement Title: View of students seated in Sproul Plaza. Creator/Contributor: Free Speech Movement Date: Nov. 1964 Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley These images show UC Berkeley's Free Speech Movement as ... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1950s-1970s: Social Reform > The Civil Rights Movement Title: Martin Luther King Memorial Rally - 1968 Creator/Contributor: Joe Rosenthal Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. These images show the Civil Rights movement through the lens of California news p... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1939-1945: World War II > The 442nd Regimental Combat Team Title: A serious moment for this 21-year-old Japanese-American, for he has just signed voluntary enlistment papers which puts him into a special combat team in the Army of the United States. Mitsuma Yokohari, a former resident of Red Bluff, California, wa... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1939-1945: World War II > Japanese American Internment Title: Following evacuation orders, this store, at 13th and Franklin Streets, was closed. The owner, a University of California graduate of Japanese descent, placed the I AM AN AMERICAN sign on the store front on December 8, the day after Pearl Harbor. Ev... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1939-1945: World War II > Richmond Shipyards Title: Workers at launching of C-4 Troop Transport Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. The war in Europe had an enormous impact on American industry. Wartime factory work created new job opportunities,... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1939-1945: World War II > Life on the Home Front Title: Marie Kitazomi, formerly of the Tule Lake Center, is now employed as a secretary in Indianapolis. She is here shown purchasing a $100 war bond with money saved from her salary. The booth at which she made the purchase is under the auspices of the C... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1939-1945: World War II > Women in the Workforce Title: Shipyard "Dress Code" poster Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. These images show women at work during World War II, when the shortage of male workers opened new jobs to women. Photographs depi... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1929-1939: The Great Depression > Building Bridges, Dams, Power Plants Title: Marin Pier and Tower Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. California's booming population during the 1930s strained the existing infrastructure. These images depict the government-funded bridges,... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1929-1939: The Great Depression > San Francisco General Strike Title: Picket parade [5-10-1934?] Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. The images in this group capture moments from a pivotal episode in the rise of organized labor in the United States: San Franciscoβ... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1929-1939: The Great Depression > Help and a New Deal Title: No work, no eat. Los Angeles, Calif. Creator/Contributor: Blanding Sloan Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. These images show how the US government responded to the widespread unemployment of... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1929-1939: The Great Depression > Hard Times Title: Pickets on the highway calling workers from the fields, 1933 cotton strike. Creator/Contributor: International News Photos, Inc. Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley These images show how the Gre... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1929-1939: The Great Depression > Dust Bowl Migration Title: Home of Oklahoma drought refugees, February, 1936. Creator/Contributor: Lange, Dorothea Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley These images show the devastation that drove the Dust Bowl refugees to... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1900β1940s: Emerging Industrial Order > Popular Culture Title: Mary Austin and Diego Rivera - Cuernevaca, c. 1932. Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. These images show some of the ways that people spent their free time during the early part of the 20th cen... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1900β1940s: Emerging Industrial Order > Early Advertising Title: San Francisco, Calif. (Sutter and Octavia St.)--Billboard advertisement at edge of Japanese quarter, photographed on morning when 600 persons of Japanese ancestry from this section were evacuated to an assembly center. -- Photographer: Lange, Dorot... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1900β1940s: Emerging Industrial Order > Growing Ethnic Diversity Title: Chinese Fish-man and his aquarium. S.E. cor. Jackson & Grant Ave. Feb. 1922. Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. These images reflect some of the diverse ethnic groups that came to the West Coas... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1900β1940s: Emerging Industrial Order > The Rise of Technology Title: First Los Angeles Electric Car, Pico St. 1887 C.C. Pierce Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. At the turn of the 20th century, new technological advances such as electricity, flight, and the gas... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1900β1940s: Emerging Industrial Order > The Changing Workplace Title: 1920, Canning Tables Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. The early 20th century was a time of rapid industrialization and the widespread adoption of mass production. These images show the impor... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1870-1900: Closing of the Frontier > Preservation of the West Title: Field Party of 1864, L-R: James T. Gardner, Richard Cotter, W.H. Brewer, Clarence King. Prof. J.D. Whitney, with the regards of Wm. H. Brewer [Original shelved: Cal. State Geological Survey:4, POR] Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, ... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1870-1900: Closing of the Frontier > The Transcontinental Railroad Title: [Ceremony to drive the golden spike at Promontory Point, Utah, 1869] Creator/Contributor: Hill, Thomas (1829-1908), British, artist Date: [not before 1869] Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley ... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1870-1900: Closing of the Frontier > Chinese Exclusion Act Title: Chinese Butcher and Grocery Shop, Chinatown, S.F. Taber Photo. 2936. Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley. The images in this group reflect the daily lives of the Chinese in California during the ... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1848-1865: Gold Rush Era > Diversity in the Changing State Title: Yosemite Rancheria, 1878; from a painting by Miss Gordon Cummings. Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. The images in this topic clearly illustrate the great ethnic diversity of California's popul... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1848-1865: Gold Rush Era > Growth of Cities Title: Looking north on Montgomery from Market. Masonic Temple on left; Donohoe-Kelly Bank on right; Grand Hotel on extreme right. 1862. Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. These images record the rapi... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1848-1865: Gold Rush Era > Murder and Mayhem Title: Shipment of the prisoners... by the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco [California] at two o'clock A.M. June 5th, 1856 Creator/Contributor: Boyd, T. C. (active ca. 1870), engraver Noisy Carrier's Book and Stationary Co. (Ch. P. Kimball) (active... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1848-1865: Gold Rush Era > Environmental Impact Title: California gold diggers, a scene from actual life at the mines Creator/Contributor: Andrew, John (1815-1875), British, engraver Date: [18--] Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley The images in t... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1848-1865: Gold Rush Era > Everyday Life and People Title: King's California Circus Creator/Contributor: Clipper Steam Press (active ca. 1858), printer Risdon (active ca. 1858), undetermined Date: 1858 Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley The images in... | | 6/17/2008
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| | 1848-1865: Gold Rush Era > Disasters Title: Earth Quakey Times, San Francisco [California], Oct[ober] 8, 1865 Creator/Contributor: Jump, Edward (1832-1883), French, artist Date: [not before 1865] Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley The ... | | 6/17/2008
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