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| Date: | 04 15 1932 |
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| Description: | Comedians Ole Olsen and "Chic" Johnson, called "the mirth provokers of a nation," posing in front of a streetcar that displays an advertisement for their "... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Man dressed in costume as Batman is leaping from the back of an International Scout pickup as part of a promotion for the Norwalk Theatre. The Scout is par... |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | Vintage automobiles on a Milwaukee Third Ward street used to represent a bank robbery in Mason City for the made-for-TV movie, "Dillinger". |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | Costumed actors on a Third Ward street transformed to represent the 1930s for the made-for-TV movie "Dillinger". |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | The Dogpathers booth, surrounded by a crowd of children. Text on the banners and other signs read: "Kickapoo Juice Penny Pitch" "Greendale Dogpathers Cause... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A man with a gunny sack swung over his shoulder is dressed as a hillbilly with a wig and a fake beard. Next to him stands a man dressed as a preacher, and ... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Teatro Campesino acto or skit dramatizing the experiences of Hispanic workers in America. Four actors stand together in costume with signs around their nec... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Movie still from the Allied Artists film "Shock Corridor," featuring James Best (playing Stuart), Peter Breck (playing Johnny Barrett), and Hari Rhodes (pl... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still exterior of a group of people at a picnic. A man is holding a bear with a chain in the center of the image. Booths can be seen in background, on... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still of a picnic in "The Clod Hopper". Spectators are at a mule-riding attraction. There is a man on a mule in a enclosure, while a second man in a c... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| 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, ... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Political campaign poster that features a drawing of Richard Nixon surrounded by contemporary celebrities and politicians in the center. He is wearing a bu... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the set for the film "Riot on Cell Block 11." There is a large group of men in the center back, and movie cameras, lighting equipment, and... |
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| Description: | Chris Farley's character in the movie Black Sheep enthusiastically offers a political button to a man and a woman. They are standing in a parking lo... |
| Date: | 05 24 1953 |
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| Description: | Fifteen men and women standing and sitting around a table which supports a sign reading "Wisconsin Players." |
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| Description: | Two men, dressed in old western costumes, are pretending to fight each other for the entertainment of a crowd at Fort Dells. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of actors Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, and Roy Glenn filming a scene from the 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." The trio are at a bus stop... |
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| Description: | Jackie Robinson filming a scene from the 1950 movie "The Jackie Robinson Story." Robinson is sitting on a box on a baseball field holding two baseball bats... |
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| Description: | Actor Louis Hayward having makeup applied to his face by an unidentified man, next to actor Joseph Shildkraut. Both are in costume for the 1939 film "The M... |
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