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The Author’s Corner with Matthew Fox-Amato

Annie Thorn   |  October 28, 2019

Matthew Fox-Amato is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Idaho. This interview is based on his new book, Exposing Slavery: Photography, Human Bondage, and the Birth of Modern Visual Politics in America (Oxford University Press, 2019). JF: What led...

Satanic Exorcism or Church Picnic?

John Fea   |  September 2, 2019

This image has been making the rounds on social media: Actually, this image has probably been photo-shopped.  Here is the original: Read more about this image at the Library of Congress....

Who Was the Most Photographed Person of the 19th Century?

John Fea   |  April 6, 2018

Hint:  It is not Abraham Lincoln. It is this man: Read all about it in The Boston Globe....

Envisioning New Jersey

John Fea   |  August 12, 2016

I am glad to see that Maxine Lurie and Richard Veit‘s new book, Envisioning New Jersey: An Illustrated History of the Garden State (Rutgers University Press), has made it into print.   The book contains 654 photos and images covering New...

Image of the Day

John Fea   |  October 17, 2015

“Negro family going to church,” Ellis County, TX, June 1937.  Source...

Image of the Day #2

John Fea   |  October 16, 2015

“Reverend Peter Marshall, Pastor of New York Presbyterian Church, preaching sunrise service at Fort Lincoln Heights on Bladensburg Road, Washington D.C., April 1942.” Source...

Image of the Day

John Fea   |  October 15, 2015

Volleyball game at YWCA in Buffalo, NY, May 1943.  Source...

Image of the Day #2

John Fea   |  October 14, 2015

“Snake charmer in carnival that came to Santa Clara, California for the Holy Ghost fiesta, May 1942.  Source...

Image of the Day

John Fea   |  October 10, 2015 Leave a Comment

A sign on a highway in Charlotte, NC–June 1941.  From the Yale University collection of Depression-era photos from the United States Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information.

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