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Abe Lincoln Portrait & Impersonator

Date: 10 28 1931
Description: Abraham Lincoln impersonator, Charles E. Bull, Hollywood, California and Jesse S. Meyers, commander of the Madison G.A.R. post, and two other men are stand...
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"Birth of a Nation" Street Battle

Date: 1915
Description: Street scene from the film "The Birth of a Nation" featuring a battle between soldiers on foot and members of the Ku Klux Klan on horseback. The men on hor...
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A Scene from the Film "The Cool World"

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Description: An African American man making a speech in a scene from the film "The Cool World." He is standing slightly above a group of people. Someone is holding up a...
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The Soldiers of Perrot

Date: 05 08 1927
Description: Actors in a reenactment of a Taking Possession ceremony in which Nicolas Perrot claimed the territory of the upper Mississippi River for France.
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Actors in the Taking Possession Pageant

Date: 05 08 1927
Description: From left to right are E.D. Rounds, W.W. Bartell, and Joseph Schafer. They were participants in a reenactment of a ceremony in which Nicolas Perrot claimed...

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