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Pleasant Ridge Schoolhouse

Date: 1890
Description: Schoolhouse of District #5 in Pleasant Ridge built on land donated by Isaac Shepard. Both blacks and whites built, attended, and taught at the school. Peop...
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Church on Easter Sunday

Date: 04 06 1969
Description: Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street.
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Cecily Weaver Teaching Bridge

Date: 11 22 1932
Description: Cecily Weaver teaching bridge and the use of the Fulton Shur-Win Bidder to a table of four women. Sitting left to right are: Esther Hermsen, Inger Emery, G...
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Alice in Dairyland with Luci Baines Johnson

Date: 08 16 1964
Description: Beth Bartosh of Burlington, the 1964 Alice in Dairyland, walks along the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair, accompanied by a large group of people, incl...
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Skirt and Blouse Design for "To Catch a Thief"

Date: 1954
Description: Costume sketch of a black sleeveless top and white skirt with detailing and a large hat with black and white scarf created for Grace Kelly in "To Catch a T...
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"To Catch a Thief" 12

Date: 1954
Description: Costume sketch of a light blue ball gown with white, gold, and blue detailing, and an elaborate gold head piece. Two boys in matching blue costumes and tu...
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"To Catch a Thief" 13

Date: 1954
Description: Costume sketch of a pink ball gown with flower accents. Holding a matching canopy above her head are four men wearing matching costumes and elaborate head...
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"To Catch a Thief" 14

Date: 1954
Description: Costume sketch of a ruffled, blue ball gown. In addition, there are a pair of men dressed in striped pants with peacock plumed turbans. This sketch was cr...
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"To Catch a Thief" 15

Date: 1954
Description: Costume sketch of a male, period costume with a red vest under a gold detailed jacket. In addition, is a matching female, period ball gown with the same e...
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"To Catch a Thief" 16

Date: 1954
Description: Costume sketch of two shepherdess costumes, one light blue with dark blue detailing and the other pink with multicolored detailing; each costume is drawn w...
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"To Catch a Thief" 26

Date: 1954
Description: Costume sketch of a tan, lace and pleated dress with matching hat and wrap.
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Doctor with Refugee Child in Algeria

Date: 08 1957
Description: A Red Crescent doctor is holding an Algerian refugee child who survived a French air attack that killed eighteen people. Behind them is a shepherd's daught...
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Picket Line Compassion

Date: 01 16 1946
Description: On the first day of their strike against the Cudahy Company, picketing workers in New York City permit the loading of cartons of ham and bacon for city hos...
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Breaking the Blockade

Date: 05 05 1949
Description: Several days before the Berlin Blockade was to be lifted, Russian authorities permitted this West Berlin couple to purchase potatoes in the eastern sector....
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Valeska Suratt Publicity Photograph

Date: 1906
Description: An early waist-up publicity portrait of Valeska Suratt sitting on a chair. She wears an intricate lace dress and a large hat covered with feathers.
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Valeska Suratt

Date: 1906
Description: An early full-length publicity portrait of Valeska Suratt in an interesting pose: arms straight out, palms down, as if she were warming by a fire. She wear...
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Valeska Surrat

Date: 1916
Description: Full-length publicity photograph of Valeska Surrat. Valeska Surrat, standing beside a mirror, wears a crinoline dress decorated with artificial grapes. ...
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Portrait of Billie Burke

Date: 1909
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Billie Burke distributed as publicity for the 1909 Broadway comedy Love Watches. This Sarony Studio portrait is a s...
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Full-length Publicity Portrait of Vola Vale

Date: 1917
Description: Silent film actress Vola Vale wearing a polka dot dress and dark straw hat in a portrait by the Hartsook Studio. She inscribed it to the editor and publish...
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Olive Thomas and Pekinese Dog

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Triangle films star Olive Thomas wearing a light-colored suit and holding a Pekinese dog under her arm.

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