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Dow Chemical Demonstration

Date: 1967
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students clash with riot police during campus demonstration to protest Dow Chemical involvement in the Vietnam conflict. He...
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Family Cast

Date: 02 12 1963
Description: Six members of the same family form the complete cast of a library playhouse production that was to be televised.
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Vietnam Helicopter Mission

Date: 06 1962
Description: A photograph taken by Milwaukee photographer Dickey Chapelle on board a helicopter that was enroute to Vinh Quoi in the Delta Region of South Vietnam. The ...
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Freedom House Burning

Date: 1967
Description: Freedom House in flames after Milwaukee Police fired tear gas into the building. Two armed officers stand in front of the burning building. Both officers h...
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North Vietnamese Freedom Fighter

Date: 1966
Description: Propaganda photograph received by the National Coordinating Committee Against the War in Vietnam for use in its newsletter. This photograph was produced by...
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North Vietnamese Freedom Fighters

Date: 12 23 1965
Description: Two North Vietnamese soldiers pose with machine guns ready to fire. The caption indicates that the men are workers at an electric factory using machine gun...
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North Vietnamese Women on Patrol

Date: 1966
Description: Propaganda photograph released by the Vietnam News Agency-Hanoi on March 10, 1966. It was received by the National Coordinating Committee against the War i...
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Korean Student Uprising

Date: 04 1960
Description: The student uprising, in which 112 students were killed by the South Korean police in one day, led to the downfall of President Syngman Rhee. This event wa...
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North Vietnamese Militia

Date: 1967
Description: North Vietnamese militia on guard at the door of the Hanoi hotel where American journalist David Schoenbrun was staying. A woman stands in the doorway on t...
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Commandos L with Green Explosive Devices

Date: 1963
Description: Members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L talking in their arms factory/barrack. There are spray-painted homemade explosive devices on the table and a p...
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Commandos L Making Explosives

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L manufacturing explosives in a kitchen. The man is pouring a liquid from a small pot into a bundle of metal tube...
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Commandos L Filling Explosive with Metal

Date: 1963
Description: Front view of a member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L manufacturing explosive devices. The man is placing metal scrap such as rusty bolts and washers...
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Commandos L Covering Explosive Devices

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group, Commandos L, putting covers over newly manufactured explosive devices.
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Commandos L Taping Explosive Device Closed

Date: 1963
Description: Two members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L working together to tape a homemade explosive device closed.
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Commandos L Packing Explosives

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L packing explosives into a large can. A box containing the loose explosive pucks is in the foreground.
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Commandos L Cooking Explosives

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L cooks ingredients for homemade explosive devices on a stove.
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Explosive Testing in Everglades

Date: 1963
Description: Member of the anti-Castro group Commandos L setting up to test an incendiary device in the Everglades. A man stands above a brown package in a gravel clear...
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Commandos L Incendiary Testing

Date: 1963
Description: Two members of the anti-Castro group Commandos L test a homemade incendiary device in a gravelly clearing in the Everglades. One man holds a brown box and ...
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Commandos L Incendiary Testing

Date: 1963
Description: Close-up of a homemade incendiary device being tested by two men of the anti-Castro group Commandos L in the Everglades. The brown box has wires connected ...
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Incendiary Fire, Commandos L

Date: 1963
Description: Fire set by an incendiary device made by the anti-Castro group Commandos L. In the extreme foreground the blurred image of a member of the group frames a s...

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