Eileen V. Wallis

@hstgrrl.bsky.social

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Studies 19th-early 20th C. history of race, gender, ethnicity, and disability with a focus on California. Author of California and The Politics of Disability, 1850-1970 and other stuff, too.

Koerner's 19th Century painting "Prairie Madonna"

A movie poster for First Blood in which Sylvester Stallone holds a machine gun.

A giant 300 lb. boon with a red leather binding sits on a luggage cart.

A group of strikers in rain gear prepare to cross the street in front of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Inside page that reads "Visitors Register" dated January 25, 1896. Below that is a list of handwritten names.