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Kraut Eating Contest

Date: 08 08 1984
Description: The winner of the sauerkraut eating contest, Don Bauer, standing triumphantly before his clean plate. A U.S. flag and a sign for the 34th Kraut Festival ad...
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Herbert H. Kohl

Date: 1971
Description: Studio portrait of Herb Kohl as President of the Kohl Corporation.
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Limousine on Havana Street

Date: 1959
Description: Parked limousine with open doors on a Havana street at the end of the Cuban Revolution. Two men in the foreground appear to be taking photographs of the ve...
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Salon Cristal, Havana Cuba

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Description: View down a covered Havana sidewalk at the end of the Cuban Revolution. Small groups of civilians are standing around and walking. A large sign for the Sa...
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Havana Parade, Cuban Revolution

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Description: Parade celebrating Fidel Casto's arrival in Havana at the end of the Cuban Revolution. 26th of July Movement soldiers are riding on top of a military vehic...
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Camaguey Airport, Cuba with Juan Almeida Bosque

Date: 1959
Description: A group of soldiers, including Juan Almeida Bosque (center), operating chief of the Cuban Air Force, are standing outside of Camaguey Airport, Cuba. The so...
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Panama Camp Construction Workers

Date: 1942
Description: The camp construction executive and workers gather to pose for a group portrait in Panama. The executive is sitting in a chair and the workers are gathered...
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Nurse in Scrub Room

Date: 03 1945
Description: United States Army nurse, Ann T. Hyland, is washing her hands in the 148th General Hospital's scrub room. Hyland is wearing a white cloth around her hair, ...
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Cat Aboard United Fruit Company Freighter

Date: 06 1942
Description: A cat is sitting atop a chalkboard with blackout orders written on it as a crew member from the United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa Marta fixes the sm...
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Soldier and Cannonballs

Date: 1942
Description: A soldier walks along the edge of a cliff in Panama, behind stacks of cannonballs and a large sign. The man is wearing a uniform and is holding a sub-machi...
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Windmill Washing Machine

Date: 03 1945
Description: A washing machine run by a windmill in Ulithi. Behind the large propellers of the machine is a sign that says: "The Padre's washing machine---Cleanliness i...
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Tank Landing Ship 929

Date: 04 04 1945
Description: Tank Landing Ship 929 during an operation in Buckner Bay, Okinawa. Other ships are in the background.
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Cuban Revolution Parade

Date: 1959
Description: Parade in Havana to celebrate the success of the Cuban Revolution. A group of 26th of July Movement soldiers are sitting on top of a van as it is driving p...
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Mabel Normand in "Peck's Bad Girl"

Date: 1918
Description: Minnie Penelope Peck (played by Mabel Normand) stands in the village street wearing a wooden barrel over the middle of her gingham dress. (Goldwyn 1918)
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Irene Castle and Augusta Anderson in "The Amateur Wife"

Date: 1920
Description: In a backstage dressing room, the straight-laced and innocent Justine Spencer (played by Irene Castle) is shocked to find that her mother (Augusta Anderson...
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Tom Moore, Betty Compson, and Jean De Briac in "Over the Border"

Date: 1922
Description: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Flaherty (played by Tom Moore) looks on suspiciously as Jen Galbraith (Betty Compson) talks to Pretty Pierre (Jean D...
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"Shock Corridor" Movie Still

Date: 1963
Description: Movie still from the Allied Artists film "Shock Corridor," featuring James Best (playing Stuart), Peter Breck (playing Johnny Barrett), and Hari Rhodes (pl...
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New Amsterdam Theatre

Date: 1925
Description: Front view of the New Amsterdam Theatre (Theater), which advertises the 1925 Ziegfield Follies on its marquee and on street level the play "The Knife in th...
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"The Cheat" Movie Still

Date: 1915
Description: A menacing Sessu Hayakawa looms over a terrified Fannie Ward in a scene from the silent film "The Cheat" (Paramount 1915). In the upper right hand corner, ...
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Bartender Cleaning Glassware

Date: 12 24 1970
Description: Bartender Albert Rosen cleaning glassware behind the bar. Rosen has a cigarette in his mouth as he cleans. Men can be seen in the background at the bar. Th...

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