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Below are Milton, 4, and Sue Ellen, 2." 4 Children for Sale is a photograph that depicts a mother, Lucille Chalifoux, hiding her head as her four children sit unwittingly beneath a sign that offers all of them for sale. [ 2] The photo was first published by the Vidette-Messenger of Valparaiso, Indiana on August 5, 1948 and was circulated widely ...
Parents selling their children during the Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–79, drawn 1878. According to Frank Dikötter, in 1953 or 1954, when there was starvation, "across the country people sold their children" [8] and a 1950 report by the Chinese Communist Party on Shanghai "deplored ... the sale of children due to joblessness" [9] and, Dikötter continued, sale of children by "many" of ...
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Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Sophonisba "Nisba" Preston Breckinridge was a member of the politically active and socially prominent Kentuckian elite, Desha family and Breckinridge family. [4] She was the second child of seven of Issa Desha Breckinridge, the second wife of Col. William C.P. Breckinridge, a member of Congress from Kentucky, editor ...
Jessie Harlan Lincoln was born on November 6, 1875, in Chicago to Mary and Robert Todd Lincoln. At the time of her birth, Robert Lincoln was practicing law in Chicago. [ 2] She was the last of three children of Robert Todd Lincoln. [ 3] Jessie's sister and brother were, respectively: Mary "Mamie" Lincoln, October 15, 1869 – November 21, 1938.
The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the New World in 1492. [ 1] The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large water pool representing the voyage that ...
Harriet E. Vittum, from a 1918 publication. Born. February 14, 1872. Canton, Illinois. Died. December 16, 1953. Occupation (s) Social reformer, settlement worker. Harriet Elizabeth Vittum (February 14, 1872 – December 16, 1953) [ 1] was an American social reformer, especially active in the settlement movement in Chicago.
S. 1948 in fine arts of the Soviet Union. Categories: 1948 in the arts. 1940s in art. Years of the 20th century in art.