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| Date: | 10 28 1947 |
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| Description: | Several members of the screenwriters and directors known as the "Hollywood Ten," together with members of their families at a demonstration before their im... |
| Date: | 01 15 1931 |
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| Description: | A women dictates to another student practicing for ABC shorthand at the Dickinson Secretarial School, 105 Monona Avenue. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View down Keller Avenue towards businesses along the left. A round or octagon shaped building on the far left has a sign that reads: "Restaurant". Further ... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Envelope of a letter addressed to Senator William Proxmire from a constituent in Kansasville, Wisconsin, which graphically illustrates a perceived connecti... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Drawing of a perfume bottle labeled "Attar of Clam" with a sign reading: "The most exquisite perfume made. TRIPLE DISTILLATION. Absolutely PURE |
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| Description: | A chart of characters used in Ojibway/Ojibwa picture writing. |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Letter from Martha MacMillan of Farmington, Michigan to the group Women for a Peaceful Christmas written on stationery bearing an Earth Day logo. |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Letter from Carol Lampe of Fairfield, Connecticut to Women for a Peaceful Christmas written on colorful stationery with a writing surface in the shape of a... |
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| Description: | A facsimile of the handwritten document by Abraham Lincoln, with additional decorations, published for the benefit of the United States Sanitary Commission... |
| Date: | 06 1942 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 28 1954 |
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| Description: | James Quinn, witness of the events leading to the murder and suicide of Doris Russ and Guy Russ, talks to either police investigator John Henry or newspape... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | "The famous Blue Angel Drill Team visits Milwaukee." |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of a woman posing in a costume made out of newspapers from the "Minneapolis Journal." She is holding an oversized ink pen and has what... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Two truck drivers filling out paperwork at a table in an American Oil Company truck stop. Behind them is a vending machine for cigarettes. |
| Date: | 12 14 1943 |
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| Description: | Ordnance Lieutenant Elroy Derksen of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, glances up from writing on papers laying on the hood of his jeep at a military base in New Guine... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Body of a Viet Cong sympathizer who had been painting anti-government propaganda banners to hang in a South Vietnamese border village. Some of the banners ... |
| Date: | 08 09 1906 |
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| Description: | Inside pages of a tattered bound document written in German, with handwritten notes filling in blanks on the left page, and handwriting near a stamp on the... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | View looking down at a journalist from MRC-TV sitting behind a table writing notes on a yellow legal pad. Next to him is a video camera and a microphone. A... |
| Date: | 02 11 2016 |
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| Description: | Three journalists interviewing Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch in the spin room of the Democratic presidential debates. |
| Date: | 02 11 2016 |
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| Description: | View of journalists sitting behind long tables working in the media filing center during the debate. A man sitting in the foreground is looking down at his... |
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