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Title: The Zesai Pharmacy in Tenga-chaya/ 天下茶やぜさい (Tenga-chaya Zesai)
Creator: Utagawa Yoshitaki/ 歌川芳滝 (Signature: Yoshitaki ga/芳瀧画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Depicted is a busy street scene outside the titular pharmacy that is positioned diagonally across the top half of the image. A variety of men, women, and children pass on the street. Several men have stopped at the pharmacy for consultations with staff waiting outside.
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Naniwa/ 浪花百景 (Naniwa Hyakkei)
Subject: Cities and towns -- Japan -- Art; Japan -- Social life and customs -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.U61_N3_0038
Type: woodcuts (prints)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100889

Title: Zakoba-Tsukiji and Kawaguchi/ 川口雑喉場つきじ (Kawaguchi Zakoba-Tsukiji)
Creator: Utagawa Yoshitaki/ 歌川芳滝 (Signature: Yoshitaki ga/芳瀧画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Various townspeople cross the bridge in the foreground, including two geisha likely coming from the tea house/geisha house on the right-side image overlooking the water. Across the water is a large structure that may be some kind of audience hall or performance stage. there are two figure in that structure dressed in formal clothing of the samurai class.
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Naniwa/ 浪花百景 (Naniwa Hyakkei)
Subject: Cities and towns -- Japan -- Art; Japan -- Social life and customs -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.U61_N3_0015
Type: woodcuts (prints)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100866

Title: Youth Against War and Fascism protesters participating in the anti-nuclear power demonstration hold a sign that reads "People before profits! No more Harrisburgs! No more Hiroshimas! Shut down the nukes!" at the base of the Peace Monument near the U.S. Ca
Date: 1979-05-06
Creator: Frazier, Patrick
Description: Spurred by the Three Mile Island accident, over 65,000 demonstrators marched on the Capitol to protest nuclear dependence, including both nuclear weapons and nuclear power on Sunday May 6, 1979. The demonstration was organized by the May 6 Coalition, an umbrella organization of anti-nuclear, environmental, and other groups.
Subject: Antinuclear movement; Demonstrations -- United States; Social movements -- United States
Country: United States
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_N_2134
Type: black-and-white negatives
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:71441
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Young woman holding a baby at Rachel Teter's neighbor's quinceañera celebration in El Plátano, Panama
Date: 2012-04-28
Creator: Teter, Rachel
Publisher: American University. Archives and Special Collections.
Subject: Quinceañera (Social custom) -- Panama
Country: Panama
Local Identifier: PCCA_Teter_0139
Type: digital images
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:195
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: A young man holds red fabric before a quinceañera party, El Plátano, Panama
Date: 2012-04-28
Creator: Teter, Rachel
Publisher: American University. Archives and Special Collections.
Subject: Children -- Panama; Quinceañera (Social custom)
Country: Panama
Local Identifier: PCCA_Teter_1272
Type: digital images
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1328
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: A young man holds fabric before a quinceañera party, El Plátano, Panama
Date: 2012-04-28
Creator: Teter, Rachel
Publisher: American University. Archives and Special Collections.
Subject: Children -- Panama; Quinceañera (Social custom)
Country: Panama
Local Identifier: PCCA_Teter_1271
Type: digital images
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1327
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Yoshida: The Tenno Festival on the fifteenth Day of the Sixth Month/ 吉田六月十五日天王祭 (Rokugatsu Jugonishi Tennosai)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. In a parade scene, viewers watch on either side of the road as the parade leaders, musicians, and ceremonial riders enter from the bottom right-hand corner. According to the title, this is the Tenno Festival which is an annual festival in the Aichi region dedicated to the deity Gozu Tenno, the God of plague, pestilence, and health. In the current day, Gozu Tenno has been amalgamated with the deity Susanoo, the god of sea and storms.
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Subject: Festivals -- Japan -- Art; Japan -- Social life and customs -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T66_0036
Type: woodcuts (prints)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100773

Title: A women prepares a food for a quinceañera, El Plátano, Panama
Date: 2012-04-28
Creator: Teter, Rachel
Publisher: American University. Archives and Special Collections.
Subject: Food -- Panama; Food preparation -- Panama; Quinceañera (Social custom)
Country: Panama
Local Identifier: PCCA_Teter_1275
Type: digital images
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1331
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Woman walks around chickens to be served at a quinceañera party, El Plátano, Panama
Date: 2012-04-28
Creator: Teter, Rachel
Publisher: American University. Archives and Special Collections.
Subject: Chickens -- Panama; Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- Panama; Quinceañera (Social custom)
Country: Panama
Local Identifier: PCCA_Teter_1262
Type: digital images
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1318
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: A woman prepares vegetables for the food at the quinceañera party, El Plátano, Panama
Date: 2012-04-28
Creator: Teter, Rachel
Publisher: American University. Archives and Special Collections.
Subject: Food -- Panama; Food preparation -- Panama; Quinceañera (Social custom)
Country: Panama
Local Identifier: PCCA_Teter_1265
Type: digital images
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1321
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Woman performing bamboo dance under thatched roof
Date: [date of publication not identified]
Creator: Striner, Herbert E.
Publisher: American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
Subject: Caribbean Area -- Social life and customs; Dance -- Caribbean Area
Local Identifier: v3p02-02
Type: Slides (photographs)
Physical Location: American University Library
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-96216
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Woman kills chickens to serve at a quinceañera party, El Plátano, Panama
Date: 2012-04-28
Creator: Teter, Rachel
Publisher: American University. Archives and Special Collections.
Subject: Chickens -- Panama; Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- Panama; Quinceañera (Social custom)
Country: Panama
Local Identifier: PCCA_Teter_1260
Type: digital images
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1316
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Woman holding a baby at Rachel Teter's neighbor's quinceañera celebration, El Plátano, Panama
Date: 2012-04-28
Creator: Teter, Rachel
Publisher: American University. Archives and Special Collections.
Subject: Quinceañera (Social custom) -- Panama
Country: Panama
Local Identifier: PCCA_Teter_0136
Type: digital images
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:192
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: A woman dressed as Superman attends an anti-nuclear power demonstration in Washington, D.C., 06 May 1979
Date: 1979-05-06
Creator: Frazier, Patrick
Description: Spurred by the Three Mile Island accident, over 65,000 demonstrators marched on the Capitol to protest nuclear dependence, including both nuclear weapons and nuclear power on Sunday May 6, 1979. The demonstration was organized by the May 6 Coalition, an umbrella organization of anti-nuclear, environmental, and other groups.
Subject: Antinuclear movement; Demonstrations -- United States; Social movements -- United States
Country: United States
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_N_2081
Type: black-and-white negatives
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:71536
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: A woman cuts carrots for the quinceañera party food, El Plátano, Panama
Date: 2012-04-28
Creator: Teter, Rachel
Publisher: American University. Archives and Special Collections.
Subject: Food -- Panama; Food preparation -- Panama; Quinceañera (Social custom)
Country: Panama
Local Identifier: PCCA_Teter_1266
Type: digital images
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1322
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: A woman brushes a girl's hair before a quinceañera party, El Plátano, Panama
Date: 2012-04-28
Creator: Teter, Rachel
Publisher: American University. Archives and Special Collections.
Subject: Children -- Panama; Quinceañera (Social custom)
Country: Panama
Local Identifier: PCCA_Teter_1273
Type: digital images
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1329
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Wanted for murder: "Mr." Pig
Date: 1975
Description: Wanted-style poster of a pig, with facial features vaguely reminiscent of Nixon's. The poster decries "Mr." Pig for "crimes against the health of mankind," notes the places he is known to frequent, and advises that he is "considered extremely dangerous!"
Subject: Social movements -- United States
Country: United States
Subject -- Personal Name: Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 -- Impeachment
Local Identifier: SC_Frazier_P_0012
Type: posters
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:65917
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Votive-Picture Hall of the Shrine at Ikutama
Creator: Utagawa Kunikazu/ 歌川国員 (Signature: Kunikazu ga/ 国員画)
Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Visitors from various walks of life fill the high ceiling hall overlooking a misty vista of the city. Two large pillars, one in the lower left side and one in the upper, hold up the roof that takes up the upper section of the image. mounted on the ceiling are the large votive-pictures mentioned in title.
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Naniwa/ 浪花百景 (Naniwa Hyakkei)
Subject: Shrines -- Japan -- Art; Japan -- Social life and customs -- Art; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Country: Japan
Local Identifier: NE1325.U61_N3_0066
Type: woodcuts (prints)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100917

Title: Visitors To A Chilean Jail Holding Politcal Prisoners
Date: 1985-09-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Family members gather outside a city jail where members of the University of Chile School of Engineering are being incarcerated in Santiago, Chile, September 1985.
Subject: Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
Country: Chile
Local Identifier: chile_ct_0006_web.tif

Title: Visitors To A Chilean Jail Holding Politcal Prisoners
Date: 1985-09-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Family members gather outside a city jail where relatives of the University of Chile School of Engineering are being incarcerated in Santiago, Chile, September 1985.
Subject: Chile; Government; Augusto Pinochet; Dictatorship; Salvador Allende; Religion; Roman Catholic Church; Liberation Theology; Military Ceremony; Military; Social Welfare; Poverty; Daily Life; Human Rights Violations; Desaparecidos; Activism; La Moneda Palace; Cold War; Anti-communism
Country: Chile
Local Identifier: chile_ct_0012_web.tif

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