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Markham Waves to the Crowd

Date: 09 1936
Description: Beryl Markham, a former Kenyan bush pilot, waves to the crowd as she arrives at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. She had just completed the first solo east...
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"Wrong Way" Corrigan

Date: 08 09 1938
Description: Douglas Corrigan examining a compass with General Evan Humphreys after Corrigan "mistakenly" flew from New York to Ireland. Corrigan claimed that he had re...
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Philip and Robert M. La Follette, Jr.

Date: 1937
Description: Philip and Robert La Follette, Jr., standing on a porch (the White House?), in long coats.
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Red Progress Days Demonstration with 5488 and 6588

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Description: Color photograph of what may be a Red Power Days demonstration with a 5488 tractor and a 6588 tractor. Onlookers are standing in the background.
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Mosinee Goes Communist for a Day: Stockade

Date: 05 01 1950
Description: Caption reads: "Citizens of Mosinee who could not show proper credentials were thrown into the stockade. Photo shows women pleading for food as armed guard...
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Mosinee Goes Communist for a Day: Propaganda Films

Date: 05 01 1950
Description: Caption reads: "Simulated Communist Control-The local movie theater is seized by Communist authorities and pictures confiscated with Communist dominated fi...
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Mosinee Goes Communist for a Day: Rationing

Date: 05 01 1950
Description: Caption on back reads: "All foodstuffs is confiscated by Red authorities and rationed to the citizens. Mrs. Delbert Bauer is shown as she gets her cup of P...

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