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Christmas Returns

Date: 12 26 1982
Description: A Target retail store is flooded with customers returning Christmas gifts.
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Hughes' Air Victory

Date: 07 14 1938
Description: Minutes after finishing their record-breaking flight around the world (in 7 hours and 28 minutes), Howard Hughes and the four aviators who flew with him we...
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Confederacy of Dunces

Date: 10 12 1984
Description: Men wearing Ronald Reagan masks and dunce caps make their way through a crowd.
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Alice in Dairyland with Luci Baines Johnson

Date: 08 16 1964
Description: Beth Bartosh of Burlington, the 1964 Alice in Dairyland, walks along the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair, accompanied by a large group of people, incl...
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Havana Parade, Cuban Revolution

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Description: Parade celebrating Fidel Casto's arrival in Havana at the end of the Cuban Revolution. 26th of July Movement soldiers are riding on top of a captured Sher...
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Havana Parade, Cuban Revolution

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Description: Parade celebrating Fidel Casto's arrival in Havana at the end of the Cuban Revolution. 26th of July Movement soldiers are riding on top of a military vehic...
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Delegates and Signs at the Democratic National Convention

Date: 09 12 1984
Description: Delegates hold up Mondale/Ferraro signs at the Democratic National Convention. Two are hand-drawn signs, "Hitler/Bush in '84, Rockin' Central America" and ...
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Crowds Welcome Soldiers Home

Date: 05 21 1919
Description: Elevated view of street entertainment, with crowds, dancing and band concert to welcome home Wisconsin National Guard, 3d Regiment, Company H, after servic...
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Joel McCrea and Albert Basserman

Date: 1940
Description: Joel McCrea and Albert Basserman are seen on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." They are standing at the bottom of a flight of steps. Crew member...
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President John F. Kennedy

Date: 11 22 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Dallas: President John F. Kennedy is shown in motorcade as it moved toward the downtown area. In cente...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

President John F. Kennedy Greets Crowd

Date: 11 22 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "President John F. Kennedy greets a large crowd in a light rain in front of the Texas hotel prior to hi...
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Long Voyage Home Marquee

Date: 1940
Description: View down sidewalk towards people standing in a line outside a movie theater showing the film The Long Voyage Home. Many people are holding umbrella...
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Milwaukee March

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of a group of people marching in the street with Father James Groppi. There is a man driving a Milwaukee police vehicle in front, and one man...
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Filming "The Cool World"

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Description: Elevated view looking over the railings in front of a building of a crowd of people watching a scene from the film "The Cool World" being shot. The cameram...
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Memorial Day

Date: 05 26 1969
Description: Cub Scouts marching in a Memorial Day parade. Two scouts are holding flags, and spectators are in the background.
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Varsity

Date: 1975
Description: A crowd of students are waving their hands while singing "Varsity" at a football game.
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Scene from "Bobbed Hair"

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Description: A scene from the 1925 film "Bobbed Hair" of people at a costume party. Marie Prevost, as Connemara Moore, is dressed as a nun and stands between Reed Howe...

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