Each student in this class has chosen a particular object as a way of illustrating the history of American ethnicity. One way of describing these objects is that they constitute the “material culture” (the “stuff”) that we can study to… Continue Reading
“Japanese Internment,” Internet Archive video, 0:23, sponsored by Shaping San Francisco, published in 1942, uploaded by “Chris Carlsson,” May 10, 2004, https://archive.org/details/ssfjapint This historical object is a video of Japanese Americans being relocated to the internment camps during World War… Continue Reading
Two years after the Yalta Conference and the decisions about post-war Poland were made, it seemed that President Truman and the federal government had done little to aid Europe against the Soviet Union. This reality angered Polish Americans, as… Continue Reading
This black and white photograph was taken in July 1943 featuring Preston and Frank Toledo. Frank and Preston were cousins and were both Private First Class. Frank and Preston were attached to the 11th Marine Artillery Regiment in Ballarat, Australia.… Continue Reading