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| Date: | 01 06 1945 |
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| Description: | President Franklin D. Roosevelt smiles as he concludes his 1945 radio state of the nation address. |
| Date: | 11 02 1967 |
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| Description: | Consumer advocate Ralph Nader speaking at a podium. |
| Date: | 09 03 1942 |
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| Description: | First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt speaking from a podium to an international youth assembly. The original caption indicates that she told the audience that thei... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the first national convention after the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Charles Hayes (fourth from the right), an officer of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, with the UPWA delegation to the march. |
| Date: | 04 26 1975 |
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| Description: | Speakers platform for the Jobs Now Rally called by the AFL-CIO at R.F. Kennedy Stadium. The rally was called to draw attention to the problems caused by th... |
| Date: | 04 26 1975 |
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| Description: | Banner displayed by Milwaukee's Amalgamated Meatcutters locals at the Jobs Now Rally sponsored by the AFL-CIO in R.F. Kennedy Stadium. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting Washington, D.C. as "the city that every American should know," and to get there by way of train travel. The poster depict... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting Washington, D.C., and the Pennsylvania Railroad through artist N.C. Wyeth's depiction of the 1798 construction of the firs... |
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| Description: | A view of the Capitol Building from the East front showing extended stone stairs, exterior columns, bas-relief, the dome and the stone plaza in front. |
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| Description: | A view of the White House from the front lawn showing blooming flowers and small groups of people gathered by the drive. |
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| Description: | A view of the Smithsonian Institute's 'Castle' building from a nearby lawn. The sprawling, crenelated, multi-part stone structure is bordered by some tree... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress from a nearby park hill showing the tiered and columned facade as well as the orn... |
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| Description: | Distant view of the Doric temple style Lincoln Memorial and the National mall including the surrounding manicured park and rolling wooded hills in the back... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Seated statue of John Carrol, first Archbishop of Baltimore and founder of Georgetown University. The sculpture has a small pedestal and part of the stone... |
| Date: | 09 18 1947 |
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| Description: | A summons issued by the United States House of Representatives for Alvah Bessie to appear before the Un-American Activities Committee to testify. |
| Date: | 02 12 1958 |
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| Description: | Senator Alexander Wiley presenting Vice President Richard M. Nixon with a heart-shaped box. |
| Date: | 02 08 1956 |
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| Description: | Senator Alexander Wiley presenting a block of cheese to Senator George. |
| Date: | 02 10 1956 |
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| Description: | Senator Wiley and Mrs. John Nance Garner, wife of the Vice President, stand on either side of a woman holding a basket and sitting on the world's largest c... |
| Date: | 09 27 1962 |
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| Description: | Senators Wiley (Wisconsin), Robertson (Virginia), and Jordan (North Carolina) posing with a round of blue cheese. |
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