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"The Sniper" Political Cartoon

Date: 1928
Description: A cartoon created during the 1928 presidential campaign depicting bigotry displayed against Democratic candidate Al Smith. "The Sniper" is depicted as a ma...
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Group of FLN Members

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian group of National Liberation Front members gathered in a group. They are wearing caps and fatigues and some of them are standing at attention. ...
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Algerian FLN Portrait

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian National Liberation Front member posing for a photograph outdoors. He is wearing a hat, and fatigues with the FLN insignia on the sleeve. He ha...
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Commandos L with Green Explosive Devices

Date: 1963
Description: Members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L talking in their arms factory/barrack. There are spray-painted homemade explosive devices on the table and a p...
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Commandos L Making Explosives

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L manufacturing explosives in a kitchen. The man is pouring a liquid from a small pot into a bundle of metal tube...
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Commandos L Filling Explosive with Metal

Date: 1963
Description: Overhead view of a member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L manufacturing explosive devices. The man is placing metal scrap such as rusty bolts and wash...
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Commandos L Filling Explosive with Metal

Date: 1963
Description: Front view of a member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L manufacturing explosive devices. The man is placing metal scrap such as rusty bolts and washers...
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Commandos L Covering Explosive Devices

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group, Commandos L, putting covers over newly manufactured explosive devices.
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Commandos L Taping Explosive Device Closed

Date: 1963
Description: Two members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L working together to tape a homemade explosive device closed.
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Commandos L Packing Explosives

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L packing explosives into a large can. A box containing the loose explosive pucks is in the foreground.
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Commandos L Cooking Explosives

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L cooks ingredients for homemade explosive devices on a stove.
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Explosive Testing in Everglades

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L setting up to test an incendiary device in the Everglades. A man stands above a brown package in a gravel clear...
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Commandos L Incendiary Testing

Date: 1963
Description: Two members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L test a homemade incendiary device in a gravelly clearing in the Everglades. One man holds a brown box and ...
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Commandos L Incendiary Testing

Date: 1963
Description: Close-up of a homemade incendiary device being tested by two men of the anti-Castro group Commandos L in the Everglades. The brown box has wires connected ...
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Incendiary Fire, Commandos L

Date: 1963
Description: Fire set by an incendiary device made by the anti-Castro group Commandos L. In the extreme foreground the blurred image of a member of the group frames a s...
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Fire from Incendiary, Commandos L

Date: 1963
Description: Small fire in the Everglades from a homemade incendiary device made by the anti-Castro group Commandos L. A member of the group is throwing rocks on the fi...
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Commandos L Making Explosives

Date: 1963
Description: Two members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L making explosive devices at the group's barracks/armory. One member is hammering cans closed on a table wh...
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Cans for Homemade Explosives, Commandos L

Date: 1963
Description: Close-up of cans used for homemade explosives by the anti-Castro group Commandos L. The cans are sitting on a table with a lamp, a bowl and books of matche...
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Commandos L Camouflaging Explosive

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L spray painting a homemade explosive device with a camouflage pattern under a covered porch. Parked cars and tre...
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FLN Training in Mine Setting

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian National Liberation Front members practice what it would be like to set a mine in the field. One man is digging a hole while a group of men watch ...

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