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| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Two drawings illustrating a hyperbolic comparison between a society which permits drinking of alcoholic beverages and one that does not. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Film still of a frail woman holding a baby, who were neighbors of Highlander Folk School. Promotional material accompanying the film, "People of Cumberlan... |
| Date: | 05 07 1927 |
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| Description: | At a convention of the Fond du Lac County chapters of the Loyal Temperance League, some of the children present for a group picture hold up a sign that say... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | A young boy wearing a crown is presented with a framed portrait of himself by two men, one of whom is smoking a cigarette. The man on the right is holding ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Three children stand holding signs along with adults. They're protesting city neglect of the Ninth Ward in New Orleans. In the background are musicians on ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Two images of the "family" of Virginia. Above depicts a happy, prosperous "family" at the Declaration of Independence in 1776. A banner with the stars and ... |
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| Description: | A group of men and boys pose by a pond. A boy holds a long, probably bamboo, fishing rod. Two men jokingly pose as if they are dancing the tango. |
| Date: | 1819 |
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| Description: | A commemorative handkerchief created by a wood engraving on white cotton fabric. The scene is the Manchester Reform Meeting, in England. A crowd of demonst... |
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| Description: | A group of people pose in front of a boarding house. One man on the right is holding up a small child. There is a large pile of lumber or fuelwood next to ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Family and friends gathered in front of a home for the wedding of Joseph Lorbieki and Agnes Onernek. Three musicians can be seen near the center. A windmil... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Dramaic scene still from the Twentieth Century-Fox movie "Bigger Than Life," featuring Walter Matthau (playing Wally Gibbs), James Mason (playing Ed Avery)... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Billy the pageboy (played by Jerry Devine) talks to Sherlock Holmes (John Barrymore), who is stretched out on a sofa smoking a pipe in a scene still from t... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | A group of National Farm Workers Association members and supporters applauding rally speakers in front of Waushara County Courthouse. A march to the rally ... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of adults and children at an impromptu concert held outdoors during Freedom Summer outside of the Freedom School at Priest Creek Baptist Church. L... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of adults and children at an impromptu concert held outdoors during Freedom Summer outside of the Freedom School at Priest Creek Baptist Church. Li... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of adults and children at an impromptu concert held outdoors during Freedom Summer outside of the Freedom School at Priest Creek Baptist Church. Li... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Actress Mae Gaston gives a baby doll to a poor flower girl as an older and more prosperous girl looks on in a scene still from the 1915 Reliance film "The ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Actress Jennie Lee bends over a small flower girl who wears a kerchief on her head. They stand on the front porch of an impoverished house in this scene st... |
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