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Cemetery for War Dead from Iwo Jima

Date: 03 1945
Description: The cemetery for the war dead on Guam. The body of a fighting man who died of wounds received during the battle for Iwo Jima is being lowered into the eart...
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Walter Mondale

Date: 10 24 1984
Description: Walter Mondale campaigns for president in 1984 during his failed run against Ronald Reagan.
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Marquette ROTC Annual Review

Date: 05 14 1967
Description: Members of Marquette University's naval ROTC line up on campus for their annual review.
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Sea Swallows with Flag

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Description: Two members of the Sea Swallows display a captured Viet Cong flag. Vietnam.
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Soldiers with Flag

Date: 1957
Description: Two soldiers hold a flag decorated with a crescent and a star.
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Ronald Reagan Campaigning for President

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Description: Ronald Reagan shakes hands with workers in front of a Manitowoc crane.
Painting

The Country Store

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Description: View of a country store in autumn. A man driving a horse-drawn wagon hauls full milkcans in the foreground and, to the right, several families are hauling ...
Painting

Sweet Clover School

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Description: Exterior view of Sweet Clover School near the end of the school year in late April or early May. Cows graze in an adjoining pasture and a farmer is complet...
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Kraut Eating Contest

Date: 08 08 1984
Description: The winner of the sauerkraut eating contest, Don Bauer, standing triumphantly before his clean plate. A U.S. flag and a sign for the 34th Kraut Festival ad...
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Ronald Reagan in "This is the Army"

Date: 1943
Description: Ronald Reagan on the set of the Warner Bros. film "This is the Army."
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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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Colonel with Soldiers in Panama

Date: 1942
Description: Colonel O'Donnel, a commanding officer for the 14th Infantry, posing with two other soldiers. The three men are outside and there is an American flag behin...
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Cuban Revolution Parade

Date: 1959
Description: Parade in Havana to celebrate the success of the Cuban Revolution. A group of 26th of July Movement soldiers are sitting on top of a van as it is driving p...
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Cuban Revolution Parade

Date: 1959
Description: Parade in Havana, Cuba celebrating the success of the Cuban Revolution. Soldiers holding flags, guns and a newspaper are riding on top of a truck. The side...
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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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Swear In To Vote Day

Date: 01 15 1980
Description: "New Voters — It was "Swear In to Vote Day' at Pulaski High School. Students who have reached 18 were sworn in as voters during a ceremony at the school, a...
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A Bouquet for Geraldine Ferraro

Date: 10 31 1984
Description: Geraldine Ferraro thanks a little boy and girl for giving her a bouquet of flowers after her speech.
Photograph

Joel McCrea and Alfred Hitchcock

Date: 1940
Description: Joel McCrea and Alfred Hitchcock are seen with crew members on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." An unidentified man stands behind McCrea makin...
Print

Dinner with Ike Menu

Date: 01 27 1960
Description: Centerfold of menu for a dinner given by the District of Columbia State Committee, with a removable duotone portrait of President Eisenhower from a paintin...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Jacqueline Kennedy at Funeral

Date: 11 26 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy holds the flag that draped her late husband's coffin as she turns from the gra...

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