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| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Madison admirers gather around Charles Lindbergh upon his arrival in the city. This photograph is believed to have been taken in 1928 when Lindbergh return... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | A classic Orson Welles publicity still showing him looking intensely into the camera while gesturing with his hands. |
| Date: | 08 22 1927 |
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| Description: | Crowd greeting the "Spirit of St. Louis" when Charles Lindbergh flew to Madison on August 22, 1927. The crowd at Pennco Field (Royal Airport)was so large ... |
| Date: | 05 21 1927 |
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| Description: | Charles Lindbergh in Paris, posed by the "Spirit of St. Louis," Ryan monoplane in which he flew solo across the Atlantic. Clearly visible is the plane's Cu... |
| Date: | 05 26 1927 |
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| Description: | Charles Lindbergh in Paris, being embraced by Louis Bleriot. |
| Date: | 05 20 1927 |
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| Description: | Charles Lindbergh receiving encouragement from an unidentified spectator as the "Spirit of St. Louis" is prepared for take off. Described by some as a fly... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising the appearance of television and motion picture "cowboy" stars Roy Rogers and Dale Evans at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Spencer Tracy and four of his friends pose on the steps of West Hall at Ripon College sometime between February 1921 and March 1922. Tracy is on the far ri... |
| Date: | 07 1971 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster publicizing a concert film of The Rolling Stones, entitled "Gimme Shelter," which played at the Union Play Circle, January 27-30, 1972. Features a b... |
| Date: | 07 21 1958 |
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| Description: | Senator Alexander Wiley shaking hands with Madame Chiang Kai-shek. |
| Date: | 09 04 1959 |
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| Description: | Senator Alexander Wiley posing with singer Paul Anka and senate page boys on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Cedric Belfrage (center), exiled editor of the "National Guardian," at a party for Paul Robeson. The man on the left is Canon Stanley Evans. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Farewell party for Cedric Belfrage of the "National Guardian" at the newspaper's office. Identified in the crowd is Paul Robeson, a longtime supporter of t... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Paul Robeson reading a copy of the leftist newspaper, the "National Guardian". |
| Date: | 08 22 1927 |
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| Description: | Charles Lindbergh meeting local dignitaries, with the crowd of admirers behind him seated in the stadium. Partly obscured to his right is Governor Schmedem... |
| Date: | 08 22 1927 |
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| Description: | Charles Lindbergh speaking to a crowd at a stadium. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | W.C. Fields in a publicity still from the Broadway show "Poppy". He is seated in an ornate chair and is wearing a top hat, checkered pants and spats. |
| Date: | 02 1964 |
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| Description: | Ed Sullivan poses with the Beatles in February 1964. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Production still during the filming of "Citizen Kane." Orson Wells smokes a pipe and directs Dorothy Comingore (playing Susan Alexander Kane) from a wheel... |
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