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Motorcycle Police on Harley-Davidsons

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Description: World War II Harley-Davidson Army Models mounted by ever-alert Military Police, wearing uniforms and armed with guns.
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Pleasant Ridge Schoolhouse

Date: 1890
Description: Schoolhouse of District #5 in Pleasant Ridge built on land donated by Isaac Shepard. Both blacks and whites built, attended, and taught at the school. Peop...
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Astronaut Kids

Date: 10 30 1968
Description: Three children, dressed up in homemade astronaut costumes for Halloween. One clever parent has made good use of a football helmet!
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Children Relaxing in the Pool

Date: 06 18 1989
Description: Overhead view of four children relaxing in a wading pool.
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"Men with Wings"

Date: 1938
Description: Beaver Dam's favorite son Fred MacMurray (right) co-starred with Ray Milland and Louise Campbell in "Men with Wings," a 1938 Paramount release that traced ...
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Chapelle with Soldiers and Woman

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle posing in Cuba with Major Antonio Lusson, and a group of male and female soldiers.
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Dickey Chapelle as a Young Girl

Date: 1934
Description: Georgette Louise (Dickey) Meyer, the tall, bespectacled girl in the middle, salutes with five other children.
Poster

Fleetwood Mac at Dewey's

Date: 02 21 1971
Description: Poster advertising a performance by Fleetwood Mac at Dewey's. Features an outdoor photograph of the band.
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Free the Hollywood Ten

Date: 10 28 1947
Description: Several members of the screenwriters and directors known as the Hollywood Ten, together with members of their families at a demonstration before their impr...
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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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"Our Daily Bread" Location Still

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Description: Outdoor group portrait taken on location for the film "Our Daily Bread." Barbara Pepper and Karen Morley are seated along with two men in director's chairs...
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Barbara La Marr at Film Premiere

Date: 06 1924
Description: Lew Cody, Barbara La Marr, and Paul Bern attend the premiere of Norma Talmadge's film "Secrets" in Hollywood. The men are wearing tuxedos and Barbara wears...
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Platoon Publicity Still

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Description: Publicity still for the film Platoon. Tom Berenger is looling at Willem Dafoe who is looking down at the ground. Mark Moses is standing in the backg...
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Chaplin, Pickford and Fairbanks

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Description: Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks standing next to each other. Chaplin has his feet turned inward while Pickford and Fairbanks have thei...
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"The Toll of the Sea"

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Description: Kenneth Harlan, Beatrice Bentley, and Anna May Wong are seen in a still from the film "The Toll of the Sea." Bentley and Wong are holding hands and looking...
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Visiting Japanese Students at Leon's Frozen Custard

Date: 1980
Description: View across parking lot towards a group of Japanese woman posing in front of Leon's Frozen Custard. Caption reads: "Visiting Japanese students posed in fro...
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Ed Sullivan, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby

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Description: Ed Sullivan, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and an unidentified man are smiling and walking on a golf course. Spectators are stand behind a rope in back of the four...

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