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Audience perched on a fence watching Muddy Waters at the Newport Folk Festival, ca. July 1967

Sheet music to "An Afternoon in Midway Plaisance" by Gustav Luders

An MP3 recording of the song "An Afternoon in Midway Plaisance" lasting 8 mins. and 1 sec. long.

Gustav Luders (sometimes spelled “Lueders”, 1865–1913) was a minor composer of operettas in the late nineteenth century. Born and trained in Germany, he immigrated first to Milwaukee in 1888 and then became a musical theater director and…

"It is an express condition of this subdivision that not part of the real estate herein described shall ever be conveyed or leased to any person who is not a Caucasian…" (Source: Plat #13836063, Platbook 360, Page 39. Recorded: July 3, 1946.…

"It is an express condition of this Subdivision that no part of the real estate herein described shall ever be conveyed or leased to any person who is not a Caucasian..." (Source: Plat #14982361, Platbook 387, Page 38. Recorded: December 29, 1950.…

"No portion of this property shall ever be leased, given, rented, sold, or conveyed to any person who is not of the Caucasian race, nor shall the said property, or any portion thereof, nor any improvement thereon, be used or occupied by any person…

A photograph taken at the historical site of the Alhambra Theatre

A photograph of the Alhambra Theatre in 1907

"It is an express condition of this plat that the premises herein described shall not be conveyed or leased by the owners or any of the successors in title of the owners to any person who is not a Caucasian, that neither the premises hereon described…

The neck of a bottle of Alexis Godillot Jeune's olive oil, produced in Bordeaux, France, found at the Charnley-Persky House.

CD album Cover for "Souvenir Music from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893"

Interior Image of the Main Entrance to the Fine Arts Building Albert Roullier Art Rooms (7th Floor).

"No person of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot, except that this Covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant." (Source: Plat…

"No portion of said property shall ever be leased, rented, sold or conveyed to, or occupied by any person who is not of the Caucasian race, except in capacity of domestic servant employed by the owner of said property." (Source: Plat #14126112,…

An aqua base of a bottle manufactured by the Adolphus G. Busch Manufacturing Company between 1908 and 1920, and an advertisement for the company from 1899, seven years after the company was incorporated.

"That in the event that said premises herein described shall be conveyed or leased by the grantees or any of the successors in title of the grantee to any person who is not a Caucasian…" (Source: Plat #13884000, Platbook 361, Page 11. Recorded:…

Addams arrives in London two days after the sinking of the Lusitania. She writes that one component of the continuation of the war is the way propaganda portrays certain events. As for the sinking of the Lusitania, she observes that London papers…

Since the outbreak of the war in Europe, Addams has been at the forefront of the peace movement. From international conferences to meetings and essays, Addams has fine-tuned her ideas on internationalism. She promotes international leagues for…

The speech is later published under the title "Patriotism and Pacifists in War Time” in The City Club Bulletin 10 (16 June 1917): 184-190. The negative response to Addams opposition to the war - and especially the United States blockading the…