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| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Interior view of people seated in the Hiawatha's observation parlor with sky-top solar lounge. The Hiawatha was signature high-speed passenger train for th... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Joseph R. McCarthy in his Marine uniform, which appeared in his unsuccessful 1944 U.S. Senate campaign literature. Making the most of military ... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Joseph R. McCarthy in his Marine Corps uniform at the time of his first campaign for the United States Senate. He is holding a piece of his campaign litera... |
| Date: | 06 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Citation in which President Harry Truman presents the Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Albert LeRoy David. |
| Date: | 04 10 1942 |
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| Description: | Friday night at the Star Bar and Grill Room, at the intersection of Highways 41 and 43 in Kenosha County. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | The Conklin house, located at 310 North Brooks Street. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Confederate graves in the Forest Hill Cemetery. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Interior view of a hallway in the S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. building. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Big Manitou Falls on the Black River. It is referred to as the "lower falls" in the park. This 165-foot waterfall is recognized as the highest in the state... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Factory workers, most likely at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works (Truck Engine Works). Original caption states: "Hot-blast preheater being erec... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | An International KB-8-F dump truck owned by the Empire-Star Mines Company, Limited, parked in front of several buildings with its bed raised to ore(?). A m... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Interior view of an International KB-2 panel truck converted into an ambulance. The original caption reads: "These trucks equipped with Baumgardner cots, o... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | View of right side of an International K-5 truck with a crane attachment on display at Melrose Park Works as part of the Industrial Power Exhibit for Allie... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | A man removes a bag from the back of an International truck owned by City Ice Company. The truck is parked on a street in front of a coffee shop which adve... |
| 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: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Publicity photograph of a woman hanging blackout curtains, with the assistance of her young daughter. The photograph was taken to provide illustration for ... |
| Date: | 06 03 1947 |
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| Description: | Quarter length left side profile portrait of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Hoover is wearing a pinstriped suit with a white shirt and dark tie. The handwri... |
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