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Small Town in Poor Farming Country

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Description: People assembled at storefront along the street of a small town in "poor farming country."
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Men on Trucks Plowing Streets

Date: 1925
Description: A group of men wearing heavy coats and hats ride on an International truck with snowplow attached. They are driving through heavy snow on a residential str...
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Union Worker Supports Civil Rights

Date: 1960
Description: Members of a Des Moines United Packinghouse Workers of America local picket outside a Woolworth's store to demonstrate their opposition to segregation of W...
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Colored Entrance at Malco Theater

Date: 1953
Description: Exterior view of the segregated entrance for African-Americans at Malco Theater. There is a fire escape on the side of the building. Several cars are parke...
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Jewish Ghetto in Poland

Date: 10 1940
Description: A street in the Jewish ghetto in Lublin, Poland.
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Hartford Canning Company

Date: 1969
Description: Site of Libby McNeil and Libby canning company. In 1968, workers in Hartford staged a walkout to support Obreros Unidos (United Workers) to show dissatisfa...
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Priest Creek Baptist Church

Date: 1964
Description: Exterior view of the Priest Creek Baptist Church. The church housed the Freedom School during Freedom Summer.
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Frame 06: Police March Down Street

Date: 01 22 1964
Description: A group of Hattiesburg police officers wearing helmets and carrying batons walk in formation down a street in the rain at a Freedom Day on their way to For...
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Law Enforcement Officers with Protest Signs

Date: 1964
Description: A group of law enforcement officers wearing helmets hold rolled up paper, probably signs confiscated from demonstrators during a Freedom Summer protest out...
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Voting Rights Protesters

Date: 1964
Description: View towards sidewalk of a line of demonstrators carrying signs during a Freedom Summer civil rights demonstration. A man walking along the sidewalk holds ...
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Railroad Loading Platform

Date: 1924
Description: Railroad loading platform with a Gurney Refrigerator Company plant in the far background. On the far left a man pulls a hand cart, in the center a man sits...
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State Street Bust

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Description: View across street towards a police officer chasing down a shoplifter walking on State Street. A man is watching from a sidewalk in the background.
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Turkish Troops at Rest

Date: 1915
Description: Troops resting in front of an inn in the Taurus Mountains.
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Waiting to Be Bused to South Boston High School

Date: 1975
Description: Students from Columbia Point waiting to be bused to South Boston High School. Most of the students are standing in groups, talking. School buses are parked...

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