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“Puff Puff” Loco Battery-Operated Tin Train
An inanimate, three-dimensional 16-inch tin toy train. Operates by battery, produces smoke, and has flashing lights. Colorfully designed toy that was made for children.
Their Facts and Legends
In Greek mythology, so many of the constellations were people that just so happened to upset the gods and goddesses when they did nothing wrong. A children's book about the stories of constellations.
Hello Kitty Tamagotchi
The Hello Kitty Tamagotchi is a limited-edition version of the classic virtual pet toy, featuring Sanrio’s beloved Hello Kitty. Players care for their digital pet by feeding, cleaning, and playing mini-games. This battery-powered device is a small,…
RuPaul’s Standing Discussion About His Book
The man on stage is RuPaul, who is a famous for his show, RuPaul's Drag Race, and for being a major influence in drag performance and the LGBTQ+ community. He is talking about a book that he wrote to an audience of people.
Tags: Drag Queen, LGBTQ+, RuPaul, Stage Performance
Gathered Around the Rosca: A Photo Collage of Rosca de Rayes
This is a still image that contains a collage of seven different pictures of a family celebrating the Mexican Christian holiday Rosca de Rayes.
ID: The image is a collage of seven pictures capturing a family celebration of the Mexican Christian…
ID: The image is a collage of seven pictures capturing a family celebration of the Mexican Christian…
The Fifties Book
A collections of images from The Fifties Book ranging from focused passages on Little Richard, Buddy Knox, Sindey Portier, Gene Autry, and Bridgette Bardot. It also includes news articles documenting hope for a polio vaccine and Queen Elizabeth II's…
Tags: 1950s, Actors, American History, American Studies, Antoine Domino, Art History, Bill Haley and His Comets, Black Studies, Coasters, Cowboy movies, Elizabeth II, History, Huey Smith, Little Richard, Movies, Music, Polio Vaccine, Rock and Roll, Sam Cooke, Sidney Poitier, Soul, Theater, Theatre and Performance Studies, Westerns
The American Woman’s Cookbook
This cookbook from the late 1950’s has over 800 pages of different authentic food recipes in many categories for readers to try at home. The great variety of these recipes highlight how different modern-day desserts were made back in the 1950s. It…
Tags: Cookbooks, Culinary Arts, Desserts, Food recipes, foodways, material culture, Pastries, Pies, traditions
Cellular Counting Bright Line Hemacytometer Kit
This image is a hemacytometer used for cell counting. This kit was manufactured by a well-known brand, it was used during the outbreak of HIV. It is designed for the precise use of counting blood cells. This kit belonged to Jesse R. Peel, who…