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Fisherman Posing with International Scout Pickup

Date: 1961
Description: Advertising photograph of a fisherman posing with fish in hand on a beach in front of an International Scout pickup.
Manuscript

Racine Branch NAACP Letter, Page 1

Date: 1961
Description: First page of a draft of a letter from the Racine branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People urging more militant activity in...
Manuscript

Racine Branch NAACP Letter, Page 2

Date: 1961
Description: Second page of a draft of a letter from the Racine branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People urging more militant activity i...
Photograph

George Peppard and Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Date: 1961
Description: George Peppard (playing Paul Varjak) leans over the back in which lies Audrey Hepburn (as Holly Golightly) in a publicity still for "Breakfast at Tiffany's...
Drawing

"Too Late Blues"

Date: 1961
Description: Costume sketch by Edith Head for Stella Stevens' character Jess Polanski in the film "Too Late Blues." The dress is black velvet with white fox cuffs.
Photograph

Portrait of James Farmer

Date: 1961
Description: Proof of a portrait of James Farmer, noted civil rights activist and co-founder of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality). Text written on the image states, "...
Photograph

Father Hoa on the Canal

Date: 1961
Description: Father Augustin Nguyen lac Hoa, the fighting priest, sits in a boat on the canal between Binh Hung and Tan Hung Tay. Father Hoa is in uniform and holds a r...
Photograph

Vietnamese Soldier Smoking

Date: 1961
Description: Vietnamese soldier seated indoors on a chair smoking a cigarette. He holds a gun under his right arm. Other men sit behind him.
Photograph

Ice Chippers Dinner

Date: 1961
Description: A woman is standing and serving dinner to men sitting at long tables at the Ice Chippers meeting. Posters are taped to the wall behind the group, and inclu...
Photograph

Sid Sitting on Stone Wall at Cemetery

Date: 1961
Description: Sid is sitting on a stone wall looking out over a graveyard. He is wearing a hat and a checkered hunting jacket and has a cigar in his mouth. A stream of f...
Drawing

"'61 Was a Tuff Flight"

Date: 1961
Description: Colored drawing of an injured bird with bandages on its cheek, neck, and wing. Supported by a crutch, it is leaning against a bar by a drink with an ice cu...
Photograph

Portrait of a Hunter

Date: 1961
Description: A hunter posing on a stone wall with his shotgun and the grouse he bagged. He is wearing a billed cap, plaid coat, tough trousers and lace-up knee-high boo...

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