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rican Treasures
Wright Brothers
Do you ever dream of flying your own plane? If you do, then you
are like the Wright brothers who followed their dreams.
The Wright brothers' first flight was in December 1903.
Do you have any idea how high, how far, and for how long they
traveled on their first flight? Find out on the web site.
The Library's Wright brothers collection contains diaries and
notebooks, family papers, general correspondence, subject files,
scrapbooks, and over 1,100 photographic images, including 300
glass plate negatives.
www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trz2c mºtiºnſ:#flight
John T. Daniels (d. 1948)
First Flight, December 17, 1903
Modern gelatin silver print from glass negative
Prints & Photographs Division
Child Labor
Lewis Hine, the famous
American photographer,
left teaching to work full
time as an investigator for
the National Child Labor
Committee (NCLC). He
took some of the most
powerful images in the
history of documentary
photography. In over 5,000 photos he captured the working
conditions of children in the early 1900s. These Lewis Hine
photographs were used to campaign for tougher state and
federal laws against the abuses of industrial child labor.
Why do you think these Lewis Hine photographs played such an
important part when it came to changing child labor laws?
www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trº 1 c.html#prog

American Treasures
Look for the following objects as you explore the
American Treasures exhibition.
Contents of Lincoln's Pockets
When President Abraham Lincoln was shot dead at Ford's Theatre in
Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865, he was carrying manythings in
his pockets.
What kinds of things do you see? What is special about the five-
dollar bill in his pocket? Some of the objects are familiar and others
are not. Can you find the watch fobº
See these items up close on the web site
www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trº 1b.html#death
Lincoln realia, 1865
New York Times, vol. XIV, no.4236
(April 15, 1865)
Rare Book & Special Collections Division
Baseball
cards
Baseball cards
have been a
popular item to
collect since the
1880s.
Do you have a
collection of
something? Maybe some day you would like to give your collection
to the Library of Congress.
www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trº3b.html#leisure
American Tobacco Company
Joe Tinker, John Evers, and Frank Chance
RSITY OF MICH
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Autographed Cards VE |GAN
Color relief halftones mounted on cards
Prints & Photographs Division
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