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Arkady Joseph Sack

Date: 11 12 1917
Description: Waist-up portrait of A. J. Sack, who was director of the Russian Information Bureau and author of The Birth of the Russian Democracy, America's P...
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Mary Livingston Griggs Wedding Portrait

Date: 11 26 1915
Description: Portrait of Mary Livingston Griggs (12/20/1876 – 3/13/1967) in her satin-silk wedding dress and veil, with a bouquet of flowers.
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Ruins of the Commercial Hotel

Date: 1916
Description: Ruins of the Commercial Hotel in Columbus, New Mexico, destroyed in a raid by Pancho Villa and his men from Mexico. The ruins are guarded by a soldier.
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Victim of East St. Louis Riots

Date: 07 04 1917
Description: A group of white men are posing along a pile of cinder blocks. In front of the blocks, and partially obscured by shadows, is the body of a black man. Capti...
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Hunter's Camp

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Description: Two men are sitting outside of a cabin at a hunter's camp. A dog is curled up at their feet. A dead bear and several dead deer are hung up behind them on p...
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Hunter's Cabin Interior

Date: 1893
Description: The interior of a rustic hunter's cabin. There is a rifle propped up on a bench in the foreground. A man is reclining in a bunk, while another man is sitti...
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Newton Baker's Children and Two Men

Date: 09 21 1919
Description: Two children, identified as the son and daughter of United States Secretary of War Newton Baker, standing in a field and pointing to the left. With them ar...
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Meta Berger

Date: 1925
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of Meta Berger.
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Portrait of Governor Walter J. Kohler Sr.

Date: 02 12 1929
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Governor Walter J. Kohler Sr.
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Arthur J. Altmeyer Taking the Oath as Assistant Secretary of Labor

Date: 06 08 1934
Description: Arthur J. Altmeyer taking the oath as Assistant Secretary of Labor. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins stands on the left, and Samuel Gompers on the right,...
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Isabel Bacon La Follette

Date: 1935
Description: Studio portrait of Isabel Bacon La Follette.
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Eugenics Demonstration on Wall Street

Date: 10 27 1915
Description: Four impoverished men hired by "The Medical Review of Reviews" carry signs with the eugenics slogans, "I am a burden to myself and the State. Should I be a...
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Woodrow Wilson at Shadow Lawn

Date: 10 28 1916
Description: Woodrow Wilson campaigning for his second term as president. He is wearing a leather finger protector due to injury from too many handshakes that accompani...
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Ganna Walska Holding a Cat

Date: 1921
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Ganna Walska, Polish opera singer, holding a cat. At the time this picture was taken, Ganna Walska was th...
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Scene From Cardinal's Play

Date: 1875
Description: Costumed students act out a scene from Cardinal's Play outdoors on a lawn near a wooded area at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. The college was founded...
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Scene from Golden Ingots

Date: 1877
Description: Scene from Golden Ingots at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, founded by the Sisters of Charity of New York in 1847. Costumed students act outdoors in a ...
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Site of the Confederate Surrender

Date: 1925
Description: Aerial view of the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865.
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The Charles Evans Hughes Alliance Tour

Date: 10 1916
Description: Women who make up the Hughes Alliance, led by Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, daughter of Cornelius Vanderbuilt Sr., pose on the back of a train draped with bunt...
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Robert M. La Follette, Jr. and his father, Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1924
Description: Portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., on the right, in discussion with his son, Robert M. La Follette, Jr. This photograph was taken during the same yea...
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Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Barton

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Description: Bruce Barton and his wife upon their return from a brief European vacation.

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