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Daisy Bates and L.C. Bates

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Description: Daisy Bates and L.C. Bates, apparently wearing press badges, standing outdoors talking with an unidentified man. L.C. Bates, who is wearing a camera, is ap...
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When the President Comes to Town

Date: 1979
Description: Congressman David Obey introduces a local resident (back to camera), to President Jimmy Carter. Many photographers stand around the edge of the group and a...
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Young Women with Bicycles

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of eight young women, each standing and holding a bicycle. Three of the women also hold brownie cameras.
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Photograph of Bridesmaids

Date: 11 24 1955
Description: With a Rolleiflex camera, Fred Bandlow takes pictures of bridesmaids at the Boegel/Shommer wedding.
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At the Auction

Date: 05 1978
Description: Photographer Edgar Mueller, "Corny" Weber, and auctioneer Ken Schoebel check out an old Weber Beer Bottle.
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Joel McCrea and Laraine Day

Date: 1940
Description: Laraine Day takes a photograph of Joel McCrea; both are smiling. Both are dressed very nicely. In the background a crew member looks at them from a raised ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Mrs. Rose Kennedy

Date: 11 24 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Sen. Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy, brother of the late president, escorts his mother, Mrs. Rose Kennedy fro...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

President John F. Kennedy Greets Crowd

Date: 11 22 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "President John F. Kennedy greets a large crowd in a light rain in front of the Texas hotel prior to hi...
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John F. Kennedy Speaks in Hillsboro

Date: 03 25 1960
Description: John F. Kennedy outdoors with a group of Hillsboro students and residents after a campaign speech. A man on the left is taking a group photo with a camera....
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Photographer's Picnic

Date: 1933
Description: Group portrait of men, women and children posing outdoors under the shade of trees next to a sign that reads "Photographers' Picnic."
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Lifting the Lindsay Street Sign

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips and Bernice Lindsay helping lift the Lindsay Street sign to be installed. Phillips is wearing a dress and is in front of Lindsay, who is weari...
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Petersen Brothers

Date: 1932
Description: Conrad Petersen, far left, tugs on his younger brother William's ear, while posing with a more serious Edward against a stone wall in Eisenach, Germany. Wi...
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 3

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. Most of the images are primarily of young men posing near or in boats, ...
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 4

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. The images are of young men and women posing near a shoreline or on boa...
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From a Photograph Album

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Description: Portrait of a man wearing a suit, tie and boater hat standing in the middle of a cobbled road intersection looking down at a small folding camera he is hol...
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Sid Taking Photographs

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Description: Sid standing behind a tripod taking photographs. A man is sitting in the center, surrounded by a group of men and women.
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Joe Davis Speaking to a Crowd of Protesters

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Joe Davis, Milwaukee's 2nd district Alderman, speaking through a megaphone to a crowd of protesters outside the Republican presidential debate. He is stand...
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Journalists and Reporters in the Spin Room

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A large crowd of journalists, reporters, and camera operators are standing or sitting while watching two small screens set up on a table in the spin room. ...
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Archibald McClure and Lucy Holt

Date: 08 24 1908
Description: Close-up of Archibald McClure smiling. He is holding a box camera in his hands. Next to him on the right is Lucy Holt, who is wearing a hat and eyeglasses...
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Shading the Camera in the Woods

Date: 1921
Description: With her face partially shaded by a hat, Jeannette Holt is holding a cast iron frying pan sideways to shade the camera as a young man, sitting at the base ...

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