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| Description: | Elevated view of helicopters flying over rice fields in Vietnam. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Olive Brooks, Army Division Engineer Public Relations with her .45 on the "Dolphin", Chucunaque River, Panama. She is pointing her gun out towards the rive... |
| Date: | 10 1984 |
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| Description: | Tim Finch and Kay Finch of the Perry Creek Cranberry Company. In the background men work in the cranberry marsh to harvest the berries. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the island of Cuba taken from a small plane. Part of the plane with a Cuban flag painted on it is in the frame, and the island with many bui... |
| Date: | 06 1942 |
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| Description: | Two members of the United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa Marta sitting by the rail on a bench as laundry dries on a clothesline in the foreground. One m... |
| Date: | 06 1942 |
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| Description: | A crew member of the United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa Marta looking over the side of the freighter at the Caribbean Sea and the clouds. The man is ... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A patrol from the 14th Infantry canoeing in the rain in Panama. Three men in fatigues holding sub-machine guns are sitting in a canoe. |
| Date: | 04 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a newly commissioned hospital ship, the USS Bountiful, in the Ulithi Harbor. The ship was previously called the USS Henderson |
| Date: | 04 1945 |
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| Description: | The sunrise aboard the USS Relief in the China Sea. The mast and bow of the ship are pointed eastward, into the fog and towards the rising sun. |
| Date: | 2013 |
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| Description: | Map is the most extensive endeavor to date to accurately locate and document both prehistoric place names and natural features of the Menominee language wi... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | A detail of a Sanborn map showing areas at Langdon and Henry Streets, including Lake Lawn Place. |
| Date: | 07 25 1967 |
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| Description: | Newspaper caption reads: "Passersby don't know it, but what appears to be a coonskin cap around the neck of Todd Vasas, 16, of 2773 S. Shore Drive, is the ... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Detail of a Madison Sanborn Map showing the Lake Mendota shoreline. The area shown is between the Blackhawk Country Club and Eagle Heights Woods. |
| Date: | 2010 |
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| Description: | A man drives a tractor on John Nolen Drive along Lake Mendota with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the distance. He is on his was to a Red Power venue held ... |
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| Description: | The cast and crew of the film "Gallant Lady" preparing to shoot a scene on a lake. The motion picture camera and crew are on a raft on the left, and are sh... |
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| Description: | The director and four other men sitting and standing on a raft holding the motion picture camera while shooting the film "Gallant Lady." There are two came... |
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| Description: | Charlie Chaplin, dressed in a German ethnic costume, standing on a pier on a lake with crew members during the filming of "The Great Dictator." |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | View of people filming a scene from the 1951 film "The African Queen." A partially built boat is being splashed with vast amounts of water. The camera crew... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Cast and crew of the 1951 film "The African Queen" on a boat, preparing to film a scene. They are floating on a body of water, with trees behind them. Acto... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of assorted cast and crew on a village set of the 1943 film "The North Star." Cinematographer James Wong Howe, in the lower right corner near... |
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