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Jackie Robinson, Rachel Robinson, and Ruby Dee

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Description: Jackie Robinson, Rachel Robinson and Ruby Dee during the production of the 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." Robinson and Dee are in costume, with the...
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Rachel Robinson and Ruby Dee

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Description: Rachel Robinson and actress Ruby Dee during the production of the 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." They are in front of a fence at a baseball field. ...
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Robert Cummings and Claudette Colbert

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Description: Actors Robert Cummings and Claudette Colbert filming a scene from the 1948 film "Sleep, My Love." They are surrounded by assorted film making equipment, in...
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Milwaukee Public Schools Black Pupil Walkout

Date: 10 01 1977
Description: Several African-American teenagers are standing outside a building, some wearing coats and some under umbrellas. A sign reads: "Fight for the Right." Capti...
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Ruth Draper

Date: 1947
Description: Actress Ruth Draper looking at the camera with a smile. She is wearing a flat hat with two pheasant feathers on it, along with a large checkered scarf and ...
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Faye Emerson and Scoop Crawford

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Description: Faye Emerson and her son William "Scoop" Crawford standing on a set of stairs leading up to a TWA airplane. Faye is holding several magazines and a purse. ...
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Reader's Delight

Date: 11 05 1980
Description: View down table that is packed with books towards people standing on either side examining the titles. Caption reads: "READER'S DELIGHT — Prospective buyer...
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Visions of Decorations

Date: 04 09 1968
Description: A man and woman are standing and looking at a water fountain with an abstract art sculpture in it. Caption reads: "Visions of decorations dance in t...
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Scene from "Men of Annapolis"

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Description: Three actors from the television show "Men of Annapolis" are seen outside of Bancroft Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy. Two men are walking away from the bui...
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Anticipation

Date: 1977
Description: A warmly dressed woman is walking past a display window featuring a mannequin in a one-piece swimsuit. The window has frost on it with a circular opening i...
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Heritage Days

Date: 1977
Description: Two women are standing and admiring quilts hanging on a clothesline at a show or fair at Villa Louis.
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Pearl White on the RMS Olympic

Date: 07 05 1913
Description: Actress Pearl White stands on the deck of the RMS Olympic with four other women and four men. All are dressed very nicely and two of the women hold large ...
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Pearl White and Virginia Chang

Date: 07 03 1936
Description: Pearl White welcomed to Shanghai by Virginia Chang, the daughter of the Chinese minster to Chile. Both women are dressed very nicely.
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Enno Patalas and Frieda Grafe

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Description: Enno Patalas and Frieda Grafe, German film critics, stand by two road signs near the beach in Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium. Patalas stands next to a tall red,...
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Laura La Plante and her mother Lydia

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Description: Actress Laura La Plante poses with her mother Lydia. The women both wear dark fur-trimmed coats and hats; Lydia's coat is lined with white fur and she is ...
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Helen Ferguson in dark coat and hat

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Description: Actress Helen Ferguson poses against a wall. She wears a dark knee length coat with a large fur lapel. Two strands of a ribbon lay over the front of the ...
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Helen Ferguson wearing fur trimmed coat and floral hat

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Description: Actress Helen Ferguson sits while wearing a dark coat with a large fur trimmed lapel. Her hat is covered with small flowers and a ribbon. A small handbag...
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Helen Ferguson in fur coat with handbag

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Description: Actress Helen Ferguson poses for a photographer outside while wearing a fur coat. Her hat covers her head completely with just a little of her hair showin...
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Ethel Merman in Something for the Boys

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Description: Ethel Merman poses on stage for the play Something for the Boys. She wears a skirt and jacket, high heels, and a hat with a very large plume on the...
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Charlotte Greenwood in Out of This World

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Description: Actress Charlotte Greenwood poses on stage while appearing in the musical Out of This World. Greenwood, who plays Juno, wears a hat with flowers on...

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