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Olsen and Johnson Posing with Streetcar

Date: 04 15 1932
Description: Comedians Ole Olsen and "Chic" Johnson, called "the mirth provokers of a nation," posing in front of a streetcar that displays an advertisement for their "...
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Aerial Combat Reenacted

Date: 1930
Description: An aerial combat scene from "Hell's Angel's," Howard Hughes' classic 1930 motion picture about the British Air Force during World War I. This film was dis...
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Batman Leaps from International Scout Pickup

Date: 1966
Description: Man dressed in costume as Batman is leaping from the back of an International Scout pickup as part of a promotion for the Norwalk Theatre. The Scout is par...
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Sailor in Comedian Act

Date: 01 17 1944
Description: Navy sailor standing at a microphone performing a comedy act.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: Dallas News

Date: 07 1971
Description: Cover of "Dallas News," an underground newspaper, featuring a photograph of Groucho Marx and a woman, with the headline, "Groucho calls for Nixon's Assassi...
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Vintage Automobiles on Movie Set

Date: 1990
Description: Vintage automobiles on a Milwaukee Third Ward street used to represent a bank robbery in Mason City for the made-for-TV movie, "Dillinger".
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Milwaukee Movie Set

Date: 1990
Description: Costumed actors on a Third Ward street transformed to represent the 1930s for the made-for-TV movie "Dillinger".
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Directing a Scene

Date: 1929
Description: Production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reaper ...
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Dogpatcher Booth

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: The Dogpathers booth, surrounded by a crowd of children. Text on the banners and other signs read: "Kickapoo Juice Penny Pitch" "Greendale Dogpathers Cause...
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Men Dressed as Hillbilly and a Preacher

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A man with a gunny sack swung over his shoulder is dressed as a hillbilly with a wig and a fake beard. Next to him stands a man dressed as a preacher, and ...
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Red Skelton on International Harvester Stage

Date: 1959
Description: Red Skelton entertains an audience while onstage at the convention of American Trucking Associations. The International Harvester logo is displayed on the ...
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The Cast of "Happy Days"

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Description: The cast of the television show "Happy Days" pose in a telephone booth. From top to bottom are Ron Howard, Donny Most, Anson Williams, and Henry Winkler.
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Teatro Campesino Acto

Date: 1967
Description: Teatro Campesino acto or skit dramatizing the experiences of Hispanic workers in America. Four actors stand together in costume with signs around their nec...
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MGM Studio Booth

Date: 08 1928
Description: A man operates a Mitchell camera from inside an MGM sound booth as Raquel Torres and Nils Asther perform seated in front of lights and a microphone. Direct...
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Tom Moore, Betty Compson, and Jean De Briac in "Over the Border"

Date: 1922
Description: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Flaherty (played by Tom Moore) looks on suspiciously as Jen Galbraith (Betty Compson) talks to Pretty Pierre (Jean D...
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"Shock Corridor" Movie Still

Date: 1963
Description: Movie still from the Allied Artists film "Shock Corridor," featuring James Best (playing Stuart), Peter Breck (playing Johnny Barrett), and Hari Rhodes (pl...
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Film Still of "The Clodhopper"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still exterior of a group of people at a picnic. A man is holding a bear with a chain in the center of the image. Booths can be seen in background, on...
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Film Still of Picnic in "The Clod Hopper"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of a picnic in "The Clod Hopper". Spectators are at a mule-riding attraction. There is a man on a mule in a enclosure, while a second man in a c...
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"The Cheat" Movie Still

Date: 1915
Description: A menacing Sessu Hayakawa looms over a terrified Fannie Ward in a scene from the silent film "The Cheat" (Paramount 1915). In the upper right hand corner, ...
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Men Into Space Toys

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Description: Display of toys. On the left is the Colonel McCauley Space Unit, which includes a clear plastic container shaped like a rocket holding action figures. Ther...

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