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Motorcycle Police on Harley-Davidsons

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Description: World War II Harley-Davidson Army Models mounted by ever-alert Military Police, wearing uniforms and armed with guns.
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Safety Cadet Team

Date: 02 21 1985
Description: The Auer Avenue School's safety cadet team standing in front of the school building.
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Transportation Safety for Children

Date: 06 17 1986
Description: A group of children on "hot cycles," a form of young children's transportation, are being instructed on the rules of pedestrian and bicycle transportation ...
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McMahon Signs Autographs

Date: 07 25 1967
Description: Chicago White Sox pitcher, Don McMahon, signs autographs for fans before a game.
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School Crossing Guard

Date: 09 10 1987
Description: A traffic crossing guard reading while she is waiting for a Grafton elementary school to dismiss its students for the day.
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Alice in Dairyland with Luci Baines Johnson

Date: 08 16 1964
Description: Beth Bartosh of Burlington, the 1964 Alice in Dairyland, walks along the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair, accompanied by a large group of people, incl...
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Doctor with Refugee Child in Algeria

Date: 08 1957
Description: A Red Crescent doctor is holding an Algerian refugee child who survived a French air attack that killed eighteen people. Behind them is a shepherd's daught...
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Chapelle with Soldiers and Woman

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle posing in Cuba with Major Antonio Lusson, and a group of male and female soldiers.
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General and Crew

Date: 1942
Description: The four shirtless men in helmets shown with ammunition are a general and his crew of the 14th infantry in Panama.
Poster

Is He Protecting You?

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Description: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee poster showing a Mississippi highway patrolman in a helmet stands with his arms crossed. Other people are visible...
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Dickey Chapelle Looking Up

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Description: Close-up of Dickey Chapelle as she looks up at something in the sky.
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Dicky Chapelle on Command Ship in Vietnam

Date: 1964
Description: On the top deck of the Vietnamese Navy's River Assault Group 23 command ship, on the Manhtit River, central Vietnam (vicinity Vinh Long), the "National Geo...
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Dickey Chapelle with a Pilot

Date: 1939
Description: Dickey Chapelle, in a helmet and goggles, poses next to another pilot in front of an airplane.
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Dickey Chapelle with an Airplane

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Description: Dickey Chapelle getting into a small airplane. She is wearing a pilot's helmet, goggles and a scarf, and is carrying a parachute.
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Ronald Reagan as Gipp in the film "Knute Rockne: All-American"

Date: 1940
Description: Ronald Reagan as the character Gipp in the Warner Brothers' film "Knute Rockne: All-American."
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Negotiations at Gresham

Date: 1975
Description: Negotiations between Neil Hawpetoss, a leader of the Menominee Warrior Society that had seized the Alexian Novitiate at Gresham in January 1975, and a memb...
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Fidel Castro and Others Conversing on Porch

Date: 1958
Description: Five men, including Fidel Castro, and Celia Sanchez stand together in discussion on a shaded porch in the country during the Cuban Revolution.
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Soldiers with Crowd, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1959
Description: Two of Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement soldiers wielding guns are standing in front of a crowd next to a building under a covered Havana sidewalk. Tak...
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Emil Jannings and Captain Paul Wiehr

Date: 10 18 1926
Description: Original caption attached to the print: "Emil Jannings German actor arrived today. Emil Jannings, German actor who was born in Brooklyn in 1886 returned to...
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"Taxi" Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Night-time scene still from the Triangle silent film "Taxi," featuring Taylor Holmes (playing Robert Hervey Randolph) leaning on his taxi.

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