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Louis A. Parsons essays & compositions, 1887-1892

Louis A. Parsons essays & compositions, 1887-1892

Diary kept by Louis Parsons of Burlington, Iowa. Parsons grew up in Burlington during the 1870s and 1880s. His father, Albion, owned a general store. while his mother, Mary, raised Louis and older sister Ella. When Louis was 13, his father…
Children playing outside

Children playing outside

A boy pours something from a bucket into a cauldron steaming over a fire. The girls are dressed in coats and bonnets.
Children playing outside

Children playing outside

A boy pours something from a bucket into a cauldron steaming over a fire. The girls are dressed in coats and bonnets.
In winter, High, Iowa High Amana, Iowa 1910s

In winter, High, Iowa High Amana, Iowa 1910s

Photograph of several people including men, women and children, some with sleds.
Belle Robinson diary, 1875-1877

Belle Robinson diary, 1875-1877

Diary kept by Belle Robinson (1862-1887), of Dubuque, Iowa. The middle child of three sisters, Belle’s personality was shaped by her family's focus on education and equality. Her father, Frank, was a lawyer with a private practice in Dubuque. Her…
Soldier holding child, China, 1944

Soldier holding child, China, 1944

Caucasian man in military uniform holding a Chinese child.
Children at work, China, 1944

Children at work, China, 1944

Child walking along shoreline, China, 1944

Child walking along shoreline, China, 1944

Red Dawn collective farm, Irkutsk, Siberia, 1944

Red Dawn collective farm, Irkutsk, Siberia, 1944

Family at loess cave dwelling, China, 1944

Family at loess cave dwelling, China, 1944

Kansu with family.
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