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Photos that made U.S. history

1993
Presents photographs (and their stories) that became almost as famous as the history-making events they depicted. Includes Lincoln, Nixon and Krushchev, Iwo Jima, Kent State, and others.

The Mississippi flood of 1993

1994
Discusses the 1993 flood of the Mississippi River, its effects, and how people helped.

Old Boston in early photographs, 1850-1918

174 prints from the collection of the Bostonian Society
1990

Hannah

2011
In 1899, a fifteen-year-old orphan named Hannah obtains employment as a servant in the home of one of Boston's wealthiest families, where she meets a noted portrait painter who seems to know things about her that even she is not aware of, and when she accompanies the family to their summer home in Maine, she feels an undeniable pull to the sea.

Mama makes up her mind

and other dangers of southern living
1993
Presents more than fifty stories from Bailey White's radio show and magazines about her tiny home town in Georgia.

The great Mississippi flood of 1927

2007
Chronicles the events surrounding the 1927 Mississippi flood, discussing what caused the flood, the destruction it caused to the surrounding area, and the residents' and government's efforts to clean up the damage.

The sister

a novel of Emily Dickinson
2007
A fictionalized account of the life of Emily Dickinson that reflects on her relationship with her younger sister Lavinia, recounting the sisters' parallel lives, passions, and aspirations.

Mama makes up her mind

and other dangers of southern living
1994
Presents more than fifty vignettes from Bailey White's radio show and magazines about her tiny home town in Georgia.

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