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Iowa's First Flyer

Date: 03 1909
Description: The airplane invented by Carl S. Bates on the beach at Daytona Beach, Florida. Coverage of this event by a local newspaper noted that the advantages of Bat...
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Wright Airplane at Atlantic City

Date: 07 1910
Description: A Wright airplane on the beach. Walter Brookins, who piloted the plane to a new altitude record, is thought to be the man in the hat near the center.
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Boy in a Sailor Suit

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., posed at the beach wearing a sailor suit and hat. The photograph was probably taken during a family vacation to the Biloxi area. J...
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North Vietnamese Women on Patrol

Date: 1966
Description: Propaganda photograph released by the Vietnam News Agency-Hanoi on March 10, 1966. It was received by the National Coordinating Committee against the War i...
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Stranded Ship "Galena"

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Description: A bark, the "Galena," stranded on Clatsop Beach, with three men and two women on the beach in the foreground.
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The Samoset

Date: 1910
Description: A group of adults, mostly women, walk along the Rockland Breakwater. The Samoset Resort is in the background on the shoreline. Caption reads: "The Samoset ...
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The Beach

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Description: People wearing bathing suits swim in the ocean and lie on the beach.
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Dutch Canning Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of The Dutch Canning Company of Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, "Packers of Fancy Corn Peas and Beans," with a boy and girl in traditional clothing and ...
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Group Portrait of War Correspondents in Guam

Date: 04 1945
Description: A group of war correspondents, soldiers and officers pose outdoors on the sand in front of palm trees for a portrait in Guam. Many are holding a beverage a...
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View of Troitsky Prospect in the City of Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of Troitsky prospect in Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia, looking south, showing homes, churches, state buildings, as well as the statue of Pe...
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Table Mountain

Date: 1910
Description: View of Table Mountain and beach from Milnerton, South Africa. People are walking on the beach.
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William and Alma at Portofino

Date: 02 22 1930
Description: William Conrad Seipp, Jr., left, and his daughter Melita, far right, pose with Alma Schmidt Petersen and her son Conrad at an overlook above Portofino Bay....
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At the Beach

Date: 1924
Description: Margaret Bouer Brumder is sitting on a log on a beach, with her son Philip beside her. Her other children, Barbara and Herbert Edmund are standing behind t...
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In Florida

Date: 1924
Description: Margaret (Mrs. Herbert Paul) Brumder is sitting on the running board of a well-polished automobile with her two sons, Herbert Edmund, left, and Philip Geor...

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