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| Date: | 10 27 1915 |
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| Description: | Four impoverished men hired by "The Medical Review of Reviews" carry signs with the eugenics slogans, "I am a burden to myself and the State. Should I be a... |
| Date: | 07 05 1927 |
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| Description: | Driver in an International delivery truck parked along the waterfront with the Queensboro Bridge in the background. The truck was owned by Joseph Victori &... |
| Date: | 05 20 1927 |
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| Description: | Charles Lindbergh receiving encouragement from an unidentified spectator as the "Spirit of St. Louis" is prepared for take off. Described by some as a fly... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union on March 29, 1951, and sentenced to death. The climate surrounding their trial wa... |
| Date: | 11 24 1953 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and Francis P. Carr at the first public session of the investigation of espionage at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Carr read into ... |
| Date: | 04 13 1926 |
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| Description: | International Model 63 truck operated by the Sunrise Storage Company - "Movers, Packers, Shippers." |
| Date: | 01 23 1926 |
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| Description: | Two men loading merchandise into the covered bed of an International Model 63 truck operated by the E.B. Latham & Company - "Electrical & Radio Merchandise... |
| Date: | 01 20 1927 |
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| Description: | A group of men line up for their pay at an armored International Model 63 truck used by the City of New York Department of Finance. The truck is guarded by... |
| Date: | 07 19 1926 |
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| Description: | Men loading cut firewood from a large pile onto the back of an International Model S truck used by the Benj. E. Weeks Firewood Company. |
| Date: | 02 11 1927 |
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| Description: | A man loads newspapers onto an International Model S truck used by "The Wall Street News". Text on the truck reads: "The Wall Street News; Published by the... |
| Date: | 11 1926 |
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| Description: | A driver sits behind the wheel of an International Model S truck used by Keller's Bakery of Brooklyn as a man loads a tray of goods into the back. The stor... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Three construction workers standing near a truck outside the office for the Sand Chapter of Mechanical Contractors at the construction site for the World T... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A man in the foreground walks past a wire fence with plywood at the construction site. A sign in the background reads, "Marchi for Mayor," and the portion ... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | STP, Scientifically Treated Petroleum, a fuel additive, is advertised on a fender of an automobile. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a Playboy Bunny sticker on the driver's side window of an automobile. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Graffiti on a green door reads, "Kuken was here." A Miller beer bottle is on the doorstep. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Knives and shears in a display case behind a show window, which is reflecting buildings and clouds in the sky. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A painted arrow on plywood has writing that reads, "Obey His Holy Laws." |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A man in a suit waits for a hot dog that a man is preparing. Metal steps painted blue rise behind the customer on the left. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | View through window of a diner of several men engaged in conversation at the counter. A neon sign in the window says, in part: "Fountain Service." |
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