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Spencer Tracy in Sailor Hat

Date: 1918
Description: Double head and shoulders shot of Spencer Tracy in a sailor hat, from when he was in the Navy in the last days of World War I.
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Irene Castle in Uniform

Date: 1917
Description: The glamorous dancer Irene Castle wearing a World War I "Preparedness Uniform" of her own design. The dress was based on the uniform worn by her husband an...
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Chapelle Photographs Marines

Date: 1955
Description: Front view of Dickey Chapelle shooting photographs of two Marines, who are shown from the back.
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Chapelle in Vietnam

Date: 1962
Description: Dickey Chapelle dressed in military clothing wading through a swamp in Vietnam.
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Chapelle in Military Uniform

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Description: Studio portrait of Dickey Chapelle in uniform with a "war correspondent" patch on her sleeve.
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Dicky Chapelle at US Military Aid Headquarters

Date: 08 29 1961
Description: Dicky Chapelle at US Military Aid Headquarters. She holds an unlit cigarette and a lighter. She is wearing eyeglasses and smiling at the camera.
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Richard Barthelmess as a Boy

Date: 1906
Description: Richard Barthelmess, the future actor, is about 12-years-old in this studio portrait. He is dressed as a soldier, probably one of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough R...
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Dickey Chapelle on the USS "Boxer"

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Description: Dickey Chapelle is sitting on the USS "Boxer" with cameras around her neck and luggage at her side.
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Ronald Reagan as Capt. David Farrgut in Death Valley Days

Date: 1952
Description: Ronald Reagan stars as Capt. David Farragut in "The Battle of San Francisco Bay," an episode of Death Valley Days. Reagan holds a pocket watch in on...
Magazine or Periodical

Capt. Ronald Reagan

Date: 04 19 1942
Description: Magazine clipping featuring Ronald Reagan in his army uniform prior to reporting for active duty in 1942.
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Lt. Ronald Reagan and Corp. Craig Stevens in "This is the Army"

Date: 1943
Description: Lt. Ronald Reagan and Corp. Craig Stevens on the set of the Warner Brothers' film "This is the Army."
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William Lundigan

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Description: William Lundigan poses as his character Colonel Ed McCauley from the television show Men Into Space. He is wearing a military uniform and hat.
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Men Into Space Scene

Date: 08 26 1959
Description: William Lundigan, as Colonel Ed McCauley on the television show Men Into Space, talks into a microphone. Two other men are next to him, one standing...
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Men Into Space Characters in Uniform

Date: 08 06 1959
Description: Ken Lynch, as General Thomas, Harry Townes, as Dr. William Thyssen, and William Lundigan as Colonel Ed McCauley, are seen on the television show Men Int...
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Men Into Space

Date: 09 23 1959
Description: William Lundigan, as Colonel Ed McCauley, stands next to Fred Beir, who played Lt. Art Frey, and Nan Peterson, who appeared as Ann Hammond on an episode of...
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John Van Dreelen on Men Into Space

Date: 03 24 1960
Description: William Lundigan, as Colonel Ed McCauley, shakes hands with John Van Dreelen, who played Colonel Tolchek, a Soviet cosmonaut, in an episode of the televisi...
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William Lundigan with Model Rocket

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Description: William Lundigan, who plays Colonel Ed McCauley on the television show Men Into Space, holds a model of a flight capsule and rocket. A large poster ...
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Marc Blitzstein Publicity Still

Date: 1943
Description: Marc Blitzstein in U.S. Army Air Corps uniform at a piano, singing into a BBC microphone. Caption on reverse of image reads "London, 1943".
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Bryant Washburn with his Son and Wife

Date: 1917
Description: Essanay silent film star Bryant Washburn in U.S. Army sergeant's uniform sits on the grass with his little son Bryant Washburn, Jr., and his wife, the actr...
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Ho Chi Minh with Admiral D'Argenlieu, High Comissioner of Vietnam

Date: 1947
Description: Low angle three-quarter length view of Ho Chi Minh standing with Admiral D'Argenlieu. Both men are in uniform.

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