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Singer Sewing Machine in Java

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Description: Illustration of a Javanese woman sewing at a Singer Sewing machine while a Javanese man looks on.
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Singer Advertising Card — Filipino Pair

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a boy and a girl from Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, in "native" Filipino costume, posing next to a Singer sewing ma...
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Japanese Businessmen

Date: 04 11 1968
Description: Japanese businessmen visit an American manufacturing firm in South Milwaukee and pose inside a huge metal implement. The American firm is Bucyrus-Erie and...
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Dickey Chapelle with Children

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Description: Dickey Chapelle, with cameras around her neck, poses with three women and a group of children.
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Singer Advertising Card - Japanese Woman

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a woman in "native" Japanese costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All Nations," set created as ...
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Singer Advertising Card - Chinese Woman

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a woman in "native" Chinese costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All Nations," set created as a...
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Singer Advertising Card - Burmese People

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a group of three women from Burmah in "native" Burmese costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All...
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Singer Advertising Card - Indian Couple

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of an couple from India in "native" Indian costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All Nations," set ...
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Singer Advertising Card - Ceylonese Couple

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a couple from Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] in "native" Ceylonese costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of...
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Singer Advertising Card - Philippine Islands "Manila"

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a young woman from Manila in the Philippine Islands in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine.
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Singer Advertising Card - Japan

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of two women from Japan in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine.
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Singer Advertising Card - India

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of two girls from India in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine.
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The "Guardian" Chinese Tour

Date: 04 1974
Description: Supporters of the "Guardian," a weekly radical newspaper, visiting the birthplace of Mao Tse Tung.
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Thuy Nguyen and Thanh Le

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Description: Thuy Nguyen sits on the lap of family friend "Uncle" Thanh Le, a teacher at Madison East High School.
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Nguyen Family with Television

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Description: Trong Nguyen poses with his children in the living room, next to the television. Charlie Nguyen sits on his lap. In front of him, from left to right, are T...
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Lao Infantry Laying Explosives

Date: 05 1961
Description: Colonel Bounchon's Lao Infantry laying explosives forward of lines in the vicinity of Luang Prabang, Laos. A soldier stands in a clearing in a wooded area....
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Lao Infantry in the Field

Date: 05 1961
Description: Colonel Bounchon's Lao Infantry in the field in the Luang Prabang vicinity during a mission to lay explosives behind lines. Two men stand in the background...
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Loa Infantryman Cooking

Date: 05 1961
Description: Colonel Bounchon's Lao Infantryman preparing a meal in a clearing in the Luang Prabang vicinity, Laos. A number of brightly-colored plates and bowls with f...
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Lao Infantrymen with Rocket Launcher

Date: 05 1961
Description: Three of Colonel Bounchon's Lao Infantrymen pose for a picture with a rocket launcher in a ditch in the Luang Prabang vicinity.
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Lao Infantrymen near Tents

Date: 1961
Description: Three Lao infantrymen stand outside near of tents in the Keukacham village.

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