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Fred Coe

Date: 1956
Description: Candid shot of Fred Coe, producer of "Playwrights '56," sitting at his production board.
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Relaxing on Deck

Date: 08 29 1977
Description: Ferry boat passengers on the deck of the SS City of Midland sun themselves as they cross Lake Michigan from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Ludington, Michi...
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Summer Fun

Date: 08 10 1964
Description: A rubber raft serves as the launching point for diving and other water play on a hot summer day.
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Cemetery Maintenance

Date: 08 27 1980
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man mowing the lawn at the Veterans' Administration Wood National Cemetery.
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Anti-Nuclear Protest

Date: 02 25 1988
Description: A man hands out information while holding a sign reading "Stop All Nuclear Testing" in front of the Reuss Federal Building.
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Packinghouse Workers Strike

Date: 04 1948
Description: As an empty truck is entering the Cudahy Packing Company plant in Kansas City, Kansas, striking United Packinghouse employees threaten the drivers by appea...
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Army McCarthy Hearings Begin

Date: 04 22 1954
Description: Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens (left) watches as Senator Joseph R. McCarthy raises a point of order as the Army-McCarthy hearings begin. Also seated...
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Conference Concerning the Pending Bill to Improve the Social Security Act

Date: 03 31 1939
Description: The conference concerned the pending bill to improve the Social Security Act. From left to right, all sitting: Senator James F. Byrnes, Chairman of the Sen...
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The Blues Brothers

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Description: Outdoor portrait of John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd as Jake and Elwood Blues from the film The Blues Brothers. They are both wearing dark sunglasses. B...
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Shirley Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie and Mal Waldron

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Description: Shirley Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie, Mal Waldron and an unidentified man in the studio during a recording session for the film "The Cool World."
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Ed Sullivan

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Description: Ed Sullivan is bending down and looking into the eyepiece of a Mitchell movie camera. There are men in the background.
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Babe Ruth at Bat

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Description: View across field towards Babe Ruth at bat during a baseball game, taken from ground level. Ruth's right side is to the camera and he is holding the bat ab...

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