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Father Groppi and Demonstrators

Date: 1968
Description: Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation"
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Houdini, Harry

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Description: Harry Houdini in chains and ropes. He is tied to a wheel on a locomotive.
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Houdini in Chains

Date: 1919
Description: Harry Houdini in a scene from the silent motion picture, "The Grim Game."
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Houdini on a Rope in "Terror Island"

Date: 1920
Description: Escape artist Harry Houdini being tortured by cannibals in the silent film "Terror Island." Like the other films in which Houdini stared, the plot was desi...
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Maid of Honor's Dress

Date: 08 16 1975
Description: Maid of Honor before the wedding.
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After the Ceremony

Date: 07 01 1978
Description: A bridesmaid after the ceremony at St. Andrews Catholic Church.
Poster

"End of a Priest" Film Poster

Date: 1970
Description: Grove Press International Film Festival film poster for the Czechoslovakian film, "Faráruv konec." Illustrated image of a priest having each of his arms pu...
Photograph

James Jesse Strang

Date: 1855
Description: Copy print of a quarter-length daguerreotype portrait of James Jesse Strang.
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Carol Brewster and Skip Homeier in Death Valley Days

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Description: Claire Vernon (Carol Brewster) sits on a wooden bench outside a building next to Reverend Ben Darniell (Skip Homeier) in a scene from the episode "The Figh...

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