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Primary Source Spotlight: Cicadas

May 10, 2021June 26, 2024
Cicadas

Cicadas historical newspaper articles

Cicada illustrations from Comparative zoology 1893

Cicadas in home sweet home (sonnets) 1903

Periodical Cicadas: A Resource Guide

The Periodical Cicada in 1914

The Cicada’s Story from The Emerald Story Book 1915

Fairy Prisoners from Really Truly Fairy Stories 1915

Cicada 1939 film about 1936 Brood 10

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