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Mother's Day is May 12

If you've seen "American Fiction" you will know this 1947 pic by Gordon Parks. Black kids asked to choose the "nice doll" chose the white one. Asked which looked like them, they became “emotionally upset." See my book "American Childhood"

St. Monica School, Santa Monica, CA, 1966. 3rd grade Where are they now? See American Childhood: A Photographic History by NYT bestselling author, Todd Brewster. #catholicschool #catholic #california #elementary #childrenphotography #catholic

Children gather round the Macy's Christmas windows, c. 1910. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! American Childhood: a Photographic History, available everywhere. #christmas #macys #vintage #NewYork

Christmas dinner, 1936, home of Earl Pauley of Smithfield, Iowa. Dinner consisted of potatoes, cabbage and pie. It was the height of the Great Depression. See my new book, American Childhood: A Photographic History...available everywhere. Great gift!

Here's a great last minute gift: my friend Chris Whipple's "The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House," now out in paperback. Chris does a great job at capturing the Biden White House, in progress. Congratulations, Chris.

Young ballerinas at a dance school in Wisconsin, 1955. From American Childhood: A Photographic History. Still time to purchase and receive by Christmas! See my profile for link to Amazon at reduced price. #ballet #dance #children #wisconsin #americanhistory #photojoiurnalism

A great gift for parent, grandparent, child. Available wherever you get your books, Including Amazon.

To witness the life of a divorced mother, Look mag went to Redwood City, CA, to see Kay Biocini and her 5 kids, 1967. SEE MY NEW BOOK, AMERICAN CHILDHOOD: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY, available everywhere, including Amazon. #Divorce #photography #1960s

1860 pic frm my new bk: AMERICAN CHILDHOOD: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY, shows Louis Manigault V and enslaved caretaker. #civilwar #slavery #plantation #childhoodunplugged #childhoodmemories #blackhistory #georgia #macon #americanhistory

Sen. Nixon and dghter, Tricia, in LOOK, 7/28/1952. Nixon had just been chosen as rm with Eisenhower. In a 2015, Pr. Charles said on visit to White House in 1970, Nixon tried "to marry me off to Tricia." See my AMERICAN CHILDHOOD: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY

Esther Bubley's picture of two young children playing "war" beside a cadet drill at Woodrow Wilson HS, 1943. See my new book AMERICAN CHILDHOOD: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY #worldwar2 #vintage #washingtondc

Frances Ethel Gumm (aka Judy Garland), 4, with the Gumm Sisters vaudeville act. Comedian George Jessel said she was “prettier than a garland of flowers,” and the name stuck. From my book, AMERICAN CHILDHOOD: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY.

Ronnie (aka Christopher) Walken, performing as a clown for the neighborhood kids on Long Island in the 1950s. He later took the name Christopher because it was "more romantic." FROM AMERICAN CHILDHOOD: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY, a great holiday gift.

A great gift for any parent, grandparent, child or lover of American history...

Mother and child waiting a train at the Santa Fe station, 1942. Their destination: Manzanar, an internment camp for Japanese Americans. Roughly 120K were detained as security risks during WW2. See my new book. AMERICAN CHILDHOOD: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY, avail. everywhere.

In recognition of Veterans Day, a poignant keepsake from the 1800s showing Carlos E. Rodgers, 9, who later died in the CW fighting—days before surrender at Appomattox. See lock of hair, and note "My beloved son Carl, taken from me on April 1, 1865...#civilwar #americanhistory

LeRoi Jones, aka Amiri Baraka, with his daughter, Kellie, 1959 (Burt Glinn/Magnum.) Kellie Jones would go on to become a distinguished art historian and ColumbiaUniversity professor. FROM AMERICAN CHILDHOOD: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY, available everywhere.