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Circus Tent Construction Workers

Date: 08 16 1984
Description: Young men, workers for the Carson & Barnes Circus, carrying heavy circus tent poles through a field.
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Soldiers with Lumber and Frame of Building

Date: 07 1942
Description: Two soldiers from the 14th Infantry working among lumber in Panama. One man iswearing a hat and squatting on top of a pile of lumber while holding a hammer...
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Juan Almeida Bosque at Construction Site

Date: 1959
Description: Juan Almeida Bosque, operating chief of the Cuban Air Force, hammering a spike into a block of concrete with the help of a construction worker.
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"Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ" Construction

Date: 1925
Description: A view of the Circus Maximus set under construction for the 1925 film "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ." Scaffolding and piles of dirt are around the set.
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Deer Park Buddhist Center Temple Groundbreaking

Date: 2006
Description: Deer Park Buddhist Center Temple groundbreaking ceremony with Geshe L Sopa, Sherab, Ani Jampa, Eric Vogel (architect), construction company and other publi...
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Geshe L Sopa

Date: 2014
Description: Workers building the crematorium for Geshe L Sopa, Deer Park Buddhist Center.
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Mermaid Tail from "Miranda"

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Description: Two unidentified men are working on a mermaid tail, which will be used in the 1948 film "Miranda." There are columns and other building materials next to t...

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