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Campesinos de Chicoasén, en el sureño estado de Chiapas, en México, con parcelas en un ejido (terreno público adjudicado para explotación comunitaria), la mayoría de avanzada edad, participan en la organización de una protesta contra la instalación de una by IPS Inter Press Service

Campesinos de Chicoasén, en el sureño estado de Chiapas, en México, con parcelas en un ejido (terreno público adjudicado para explotación comunitaria), la mayoría de avanzada edad, participan en la organización de una protesta contra la instalación de una central hidroeléctrica en el área, que afectará sus predios y su forma de vida. Crédito: Emilio Godoy/IPS

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Northern Home for Friendless Children by Library Company of Philadelphia

Philadelphia: Robert Newell, ca. 1868. View from across the road in front of the Northern Home for Friendless Children, located between 22nd, 23rd Streets, Brown and Parrish Streets. Designed by Samuel Sloan and constructed by John Stewart, the Home opened in 1854. The organization of the Northern Home for Friendless Children was formed to provided housing and education for orphaned children in 1853 and later became Northern Children’s Services.
P.2011.47.1346

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Bishops of the A.M.E. Church by Library Company of Philadelphia

Commemorative print commissioned by the African Methodist Episcopal Church, in commemoration of the nation’s centennial and the church’s 160th anniversary. Contains a central portrait of First Bishop Richard Allen surrounded by portaits of ten church bishops and six titled vignettes depicting important events, sites, and symbols in the history of the church. Bishops portrayed are: Morris Brown; William Paul Quinn; Daniel A. Payne; Jabez A. Campbell; Thomas M.D. Ward; John M. Brown; James A. Shorter; Alexander W. Wayman; Willis Nazrey; and Edward Waters. P.9508

Engraving, c. 1876

Link to record on ImPAC, the Library Company’s digital collections catalog: lcpdams.librarycompany.org:8881/R/-?func=dbin-jump-full&a…

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David Livingstone, 1813 – 1873. Missionary and explorer by National Galleries of Scotland Commons

Thomas Annan

1864

Accession no. PGP 74.2
Medium Carbon print
Size 36.90 x 30.20 cm
Credit Gift by T & R Annan and Sons, 1930

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