Irma Cooper leans against a short wall for a portrait session. A native of Iowa, Cooper made a career as an opera singer and vocal coach in Europe. Cooper was one of the founders of the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.
Instrumental music. Cover depicts portraits of Colonel E. S. Bragg, Colonel Williams, General Sol. Meredith, Colonel Robinson, and Colonel L. Fairchild surrounded by flags, cannons, and a bald eagle. "Respectfully dedicated to the Western Troops of…
An Iron Lung, or "negative pressure ventilator," was a medical device used to assist patient's breathing and ventilation. In this photograph, members of the Springfield local of the American Federation of Labor, present iron lungs to the City of…
A State Fair crowd gathers around an Iron Lung ventilator, or "negative pressure ventilator," a medical device used to assist patients breathing. On verso: State Fair Exhibit Dept. of Public Welfare 1939.
The Southern Illinois University Museum in Carbondale displays several Native American objects including pottery and arrowheads fromthe Irvin Peithmann Collection.
Hawaii, in the form of an ethnic charicature, walks with Uncle Sam while holding his hand. A newspaper boy runs up to the pair with a newspaper reading "Extra- All about the epidemic of lynchings! RaceWar! Blacks driven out of town!", shocking…