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Daisy Bates Standing Behind Little Rock Nine

Date: 09 26 1957
Description: Daisy Bates, the head of the Arkansas NAACP, stands behind seven of the Little Rock Nine, who are seated on a sofa in her living room. They have assembled ...
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Commandos L Meeting with Radio

Date: 1963
Description: Meeting of the anti-Castro group Commandos L. Men are sitting and standing around a kitchen table with a radio receiver and transmitter. Tony Cuesta is sit...
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Irene Castle in "Patria"

Date: 1917
Description: Irene Castle in a gauzy tulle and satin dress in a full-length pose in a publicity photograph for the silent film "Patria" (International 1917).
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Irene Castle in "Patria"

Date: 1916
Description: Irene Castle in a gauzy tulle and satin dress poses full-length in an air-brushed publicity photograph. The caption printed on the back of the print reads:...
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Nelson Campaigning for Obey

Date: 03 1969
Description: Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson speaking to an audience in northern Wisconsin in behalf of the congressional campaign of David R. Obey who is seated to Ne...
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Walking to the Altar

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Full-length group portrait of a bride and her mother and father walking towards the center aisle of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House as the ceremo...
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Herman Goering and Louis P. Lochner

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Description: Herman Goering, Louis Lochner and an unidentified man standing in a row indoors in a room with a large window in the background. In the room is stuffed fur...
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Charlotte Rae

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Description: Waist-up portrait of actress Charlotte Rae. She is smiling and standing with her hands folded in front of her.
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Daniel J. Travanti with Banner

Date: 1958
Description: A teenage Daniel J. Travanti stands next to a man, with the two men holding a banner that reads: "S. Wisconsin N.F.L., Dramatic Interpretation, First Place...
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Hughley Family

Date: 01 11 1972
Description: A family with four children sitting in their living room. Caption reads: "Mr. and Mrs. Boyzie Hughley, 8120 W. Beechwood Ave., sat in their living room wit...
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Henry Fonda and Reginald Rose

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Description: Henry Fonda is sittting in a chair, and Reginald Rose is sitting on the arm of the chair. The two men are looking at a script.
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Walter and Judy Rasner

Date: 05 08 1979
Description: Portrait of a man and woman sitting together on a sofa, with curtains framing windows behind them. Caption reads: "Walter and Judy Rasner relaxed in their ...
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Mary and Mark Drews

Date: 06 08 1984
Description: A woman and a man are posing together in a room. The man is sitting in a chair, and the woman is sitting on the arm of the chair. On a table in the foregro...
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Clara Kimball Young in "When Mary Grew Up"

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Description: Julia Swayne Gordon, Flora Finch, and Clara Kimball Young are seen in a still from the 1913 short "When Mary Grew Up." Young is dressed as a boy but has he...
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Wisconsin Farm Kitchen

Date: 1951
Description: Lawrence Sherman sitting in a chair by the window, reading the paper in his farm kitchen. On the left is a Jungers Model E stove with kettles and a teapot....
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Playing Flinch

Date: 02 08 1912
Description: Group of people playing the card game called Flinch. There is an electric lamp in the background. Caption reads: "Cousin Carolyn, foster mother during abse...
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Scene from "The Ghosts of Yesterday"

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Description: In a scene from the 1918 film "The Ghosts of Yesterday", Norma Talmadge, as Jeanne La Fleur, tries to get away from Count Pascal de Fondras, played by Stua...

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