Eugenics exhibit
Eugenic and Health Exhibit, Fitter Families exhibit and examination building, Kansas State Free Fair, 1920. Source: American Philosophical Society. The Eugenics movement of early 20th century was a misguided attempt to protect whole societies from supposedly bad genes.
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