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Radio Broadcast

Date: 1947
Description: Two men are speaking into a microphone labeled "WGL", while a man in the foreground on the left is wearing headphones and operating radio equipment. Men ar...
Poster

Forest Fires Bring Tragic Losses

Date: 1944
Description: Forest Fire Design No. 2, Untitled. The poster features primarily text, in shades of dulled red and white. A message on the back of the poster indicates th...
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Small Cabin

Date: 08 23 1964
Description: Lloyd Lehman stands in the open doorway of his small cabin on Washington Island. This cabin is one of a number of former summer camp buildings.
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South African Deering Office

Date: 10 22 1925
Description: Six male staff members standing on the sidewalk in front of a Deering dealership in South Africa. The "Deering" brand was sold by International Harvester C...
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International Truck with Snow Plow

Date: 04 08 1925
Description: Two men using an International truck outfitted with a scraper to remove snow from a road. One man is sitting in the cab to steer the truck, the other man i...
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NLRB Election

Date: 08 1951
Description: Organizers for the United Packinghouse Workers of America hand out leaflets concerning an upcoming National Labor Relations Board election to be held at th...
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Cahoon Mine

Date: 10 19 1925
Description: A workman smokes a cigarette in the foreground as a steam shovel loads iron ore at the Cahoon Mine.
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Cigarette Smoking in Vietnam

Date: 12 16 1968
Description: At Thuong Duc, South Vietnam, a U.S. Marine and a Vietnamese youth share a cigarette break. The UPI caption indicated that the boy acted as if he had been ...
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Striking Workers at Lookout Oil

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Description: Striking members of United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) Local 186 listen to talk from union representative Grover Hathaway, who is not in the pic...
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Unidentified Keyboardist Performing on Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: An unknown keyboardist, wearing a headband over long hair and smoking a cigarette, is playing keyboards while performing on stage at night at the Sound Sto...
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Ed Thompson, Fisherman

Date: 10 19 1950
Description: Ed Thompson of 921 Jenifer Street is shown fishing along the shore of Lake Monona behind Fauerbach's Brewery, located at 651-3 Williamson Street.
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Nita Naldi in a Scene Still from Blood and Sand

Date: 1922
Description: Doña Sol de Guevara (played by Nita Naldi) relaxes smoking a cigarette on a divan as her male servant plays the lute in the 1922 Famous Players-Lasky produ...
Photograph

Man with Calf and Donkey

Date: 1949
Description: Man with tethered calf and donkey near a farm building. In the background are fences and other livestock.
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Belfrage in China

Date: 1957
Description: Cedric Belfrage of the "National Guardian" visiting with China philosophers in Peking. Belfrage was the first western correspondent to visit mainland China...
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Rev. Claude Williams

Date: 1962
Description: Rev. Claude Williams and his wife Joyce, probably photographed at their house in Birmingham, Alabama. Williams, a Presbyterian minister, was expelled from ...
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Merriman Smith

Date: 1969
Description: Merriman Smith, who covered the presidents from Roosevelt to Nixon for United Press International, in a characteristic reporter's pose in front of a typewr...
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Lithographers Intercity Bowling Dinner

Date: 04 24 1948
Description: The presentation of the liquor trophy during the lithographer's intercity bowling dinner.
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Packing Up

Date: 
Description: Sigurd Olson and another man stowing camping gear into an automobile for a canoe trip.
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Early Nixon

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Description: An unidentified and undated photograph of Richard Nixon probably made early during his career. The photograph was taken by Washington, D.C. reporter Merrim...
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Mr. Gorbatenko

Date: 1917
Description: Well-dressed man standing holding cigarette and newspaper. Original caption reads: "Mr. Gorbatenko secretary Chinese Eastern Ry. [Railway]."

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