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CIO Convention

Date: 11 21 1950
Description: Elevated view of the annual convention of the Congress of Industrial Organizations at the Palmer House hotel.
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"Double Indemnity" Lobby Card

Date: 1944
Description: Lobby card for the Paramount film "Double Indemnity," featuring a tinted scene from the movie, with leads Barbara Stanwyck (as Phyllis Dietrichson), Fred M...
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Women Walking Poodles

Date: 1965
Description: Two women, one walking a pair of toy poodle dogs, on a sidewalk in front of the Churchill Hotel.
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Mt. Sinai Hospital Ball

Date: 1967
Description: Physicians and their guests around the punchbowl and refreshment table at the Mt. Sinai Hospital Ball, at the Sheraton-Schroeder Hotel.
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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Kona Kai Lounge Menu

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Description: Front cover and selected drink pages from the Kona Kai Lounge, a Polynesian-themed bar and restaurant in the Marriott Hotel, with a carved figure used as a...
Photograph

"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin is sitting drinking coffee with four women and a man in a restaurant in New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The meeting is related to the New...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin listening to a woman reporter during a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria related to the New York premiere of "The Great Dictator." Ab...
Photograph

"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin sitting talking to reporters, about six of whom are visible. A small table covered with glasses of ice water, a coffee cup, cigarettes, etc...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin is sitting on the far left with his arm draped over the chair and is talking to a circle of about twelve seated reporters during a meeting ...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin talking over his shoulder to a man while handing a hotel maid a piece of paper which he has perhaps autographed. They are in a hallway of t...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin is sitting at the far left end of a restaurant table gesturing with his hands held by his forehead. Six reporters are listening to him. Thi...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin, sitting at the end of a long restaurant table, shaking hands with the man sitting on his left. Down the table are five or six more reporte...
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Manpower, Inc. Sales Promotion "Convention"

Date: 10 31 1968
Description: Several people wearing straw boaters are holding signs and posing with a man dressed as Uncle Sam. Signs include such slogans as: "WIN with WINTER, SHINE w...

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