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Campbell, Bethany, Michelle John, Samantha Reid-Goldberg, Anne Sexton, and John Weimer. America During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic. Digital Public Library of America. April 2015. <a href="https://dp.la/exhibitions/1918-influenza">https://dp.la/exhibitions/1918-influenza</a>.

America during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

Gibson, Samantha, and Franky Abbott. Battle on the Ballot: Political Outsiders in US Presidential Elections. Digital Public Library of America. October 2016. https://dp.la/exhibitions/outsiders-president-elections.

Battle on the Ballot: Political Outsiders in US Presidential Elections

DeArmond, Megan, Diana Moronta, and Laurin Paradise. Women with Wings: American Aviatrixes. Digital Public Library of America. March 2015. <a href="https://dp.la/exhibitions/american-aviatrixes">https://dp.la/exhibitions/american-aviatrixes</a>.

American Aviatrixes: Women with Wings

Chapman, Stephanie, Jessica Keener, Nicole Sobota, and Courtney Whitmore. Prisoners at Home: Everyday Life in Japanese Internment Camps. Digital Public Library of America. July 2015. <a href="https://dp.la/exhibitions/japanese-internment">https://dp.la/exhibitions/japanese-internment</a>.

Prisoners at Home: Everyday Life in Japanese Internment Camps 

Neatrour, Anna. Roosevelt’s Tree Army: Civilian Conservation Corps. Digital Public Library of America. September 2015. <a href="https://dp.la/exhibitions/civilian-conservation-corps">https://dp.la/exhibitions/civilian-conservation-corps</a>.

Roosevelt's Tree Army: The Civilian Conservation Corps

Tisdale, Ellen, Rachel Baron Singer, Amanda Seppala, Michell Geysbeek, and Jay Purrazzo. In Focus: The Evolution of the Personal Camera. Digital Public Library of America. July 2015. <a href="https://dp.la/exhibitions/evolution-personal-camera">https://dp.la/exhibitions/evolution-personal-camera</a>.

In Focus: The Evolution of the Personal Camera

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