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Graffiti on a Door

Date: 1969
Description: Graffiti on a green door reads, "Kuken was here." A Miller beer bottle is on the doorstep.
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Abandoned Farm with Overgrown Yard

Date: 09 04 1967
Description: An abandoned farm with overgrown foliage. In the background is a farmhouse. The doorway is detailed with decorative pilasters or engaged columns flanking t...
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"On Strike," East Village

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of a metal doorway in the East Village with multiple handmade posters and graffiti proclaiming a strike.
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North Vietnamese Militia

Date: 1967
Description: North Vietnamese militia on guard at the door of the Hanoi hotel where American journalist David Schoenbrun was staying. A woman stands in the doorway on t...
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Theresa Public School

Date: 1968
Description: "Work in progress as a gym and other rooms are added to the Theresa Public School."
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Frame 36: People Entering Meeting House

Date: 1964
Description: A group of men and women talk outside on the steps of a building and in the open doorway likely attending a mass meeting.
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Summit Second Sunday Church

Date: 07 1965
Description: A church photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"Summit 2nd Sunday church. Rev. Shaw[?] minister. Because a nearby neighbor who was sitting up all nig...

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Summit Fourth Sunday Church

Date: 07 1965
Description: A church building photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"The 4th Sunday church of Summit. Rev. Ned Taylor, pastor. After church, Rev. Taylor invited ...

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Lodge Hall

Date: 07 1965
Description: Lodge Hall on Highway 98, photographed by a civil rights volunteer.

"Front view of the Lodge Hall (Summit), site of two successful freedom meetings. Prio...

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Houses, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Several houses along a dirt road. A person stands in the doorway of one house. "'Some roofs leak worse than others, but we all get wet inside when it rains...
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House, North Wall Street

Date: 1966
Description: A home with clothing hanging out to dry on a clothesline.

The North Wall Street neighborhood houses 37 families in 22 buildings, with 30 hydrants, 24 toi...

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Woman Walking Through Freedom House Door

Date: 1965
Description: A woman walks up steps and through a door into a Freedom House, used by civil rights workers.
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Group Outside Clay County Courthouse

Date: 1965
Description: Two men and a woman stand outside the entrance to the Clay County Courthouse. To the right of the doorway is a sign that reads "Fallout Shelter." The capti...
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Bullet Holes in the Pheba Freedom House

Date: 1965
Description: Three individuals point towards shotgun holes in a door and on the side of a building, highlighted by circles. The building is the Pheba Freedom House, use...
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Pheba Freedom House

Date: 1965
Description: Front view of the Pheba Freedom House, used by civil rights workers. Along the walls and doors, bullet holes have been highlighted with circles.
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Four Lakes Council Boy Scouts Circus

Date: 04 15 1961
Description: 1,500 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Explorer Scouts and their adult volunteers in the Four Lakes Council participated in circus performances at the Dane County F...
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New Dormitory Hours at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 05 31 1963
Description: Mary Captaine, a junior at the University of Wisconsin, from Appleton, letting herself into Barnard Hall with her key late at night. This dormitory is unde...
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America's First Kindergarten

Date: 1968
Description: View across lawn towards a man holding open a door for a group of children. They are entering a small white building, the site of America's first kindergar...
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Lewinski Family

Date: 11 13 1965
Description: A family with a man, a woman, and three children, are posing in front of a house. Caption reads: "Born on Friday the 13th 30 years ago, Mrs. James [Delores...
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College Women's Fashions

Date: 08 04 1960
Description: A model poses by loading dock doors. Sue Reynoldson wears a beige cocktail dress that's cuffed in lynx. Miss Reynoldson attends Rollins College, Winter Par...

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