Title: The good old days--they were terrible!
First published: 1974
Description: The author, Otto Bettmann, of the Bettmann archives uses illustrations from various publications of the past to make his point that perhaps things weren't as rosy in the fabled "good old days". Examples include widespread corruption and crime, filth and pollution, disease and contagion, life under no standards of food production whatsoever. An eye-opening look at what is often glossed over when rhapsodizing about our history.
Subjects: Civilization, Pictorial works, United states, history, pictorial works, Social conditions, History, Public health, Social history, Civilisation, Ouvrages illustrés, Conditions sociales, Histoire
Places: United States
Time periods: 1865-1918
LC classification: E169.1 .B493 1974