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Labor Violence in Iowa

Date: 05 21 1948
Description: National Guardsmen stand guard outside the headquarters of Local 46 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America after the shooting of a striker at the Ra...
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Striker Arrested

Date: 01 17 1946
Description: Elevated view of a Swift Company striker being taken from the CIO picket line by police. The striker was reported to have been beaten and arrested.
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Sandro Panseri in Il Posto (The Sound of Trumpets)

Date: 1961
Description: Scene still with Sandro Panseri, as Domenico Cantoni, a young clerk being chastised by his boss, in Ermanno Olmi's Il Posto (The Sound of Trumpets, ...
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Pearl White and George Vaux Bacon

Date: 1915
Description: Silent film star Pearl White behind the wheel of a 1915 Stutz Bearcat roadster with journalist George Vaux Bacon sitting beside her. The photograph was mad...
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Niles Welch Working on a Hudson Automobile

Date: 09 1918
Description: Silent film actor Niles Welch on the ground underneath the front of a 1918 Hudson Super Six touring limousine. Apparently he is using a carpenter's brace d...
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Niles Welch Sawing a Hudson Automobile

Date: 09 1918
Description: Silent film actor Niles Welch is apparently using a wood saw on the engine of a 1918 Hudson Super Six touring limousine. Other carpenter's tools--a plane a...
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President Truman Meets the Press

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Description: President Harry Truman meets a packed room full of reporters. Merriman Smith, the "dean of the White House correspondents and the donor of this image," can...
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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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Cleaning Cow Barn

Date: 12 11 1983
Description: Delmer Staus of Waukesha County shoveling contents of one of his cow barns into a manure spreader.
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Chores

Date: 09 03 1965
Description: Dale Gross (1908-1980) in silhouette carrying two pails into a barn.
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Stacking Hay Bales

Date: 03 14 1985
Description: Young man wearing a knit cap and flannel shirt stacking bales of hay in a barn.
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Dickey Chapelle on the USS "Boxer"

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Description: Dickey Chapelle is sitting on the USS "Boxer" with cameras around her neck and luggage at her side.
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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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Group Photograph at Officer's Club

Date: 1942
Description: A young woman takes a photograph of Admiral Van Hook, Secretary Knox, and General Frank Andrews at Coco Solo Submarine Base Officer's Club.
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W.C. Fields in "Poppy"

Date: 1923
Description: W.C. Fields in a publicity still from the Broadway show "Poppy". He is seated in an ornate chair and is wearing a top hat, checkered pants and spats.
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"Citizen Kane" Production Still

Date: 1941
Description: Production still during the filming of "Citizen Kane." Orson Wells smokes a pipe and directs Dorothy Comingore (playing Susan Alexander Kane) from a wheel...
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Hmong Vegetable Sellers

Date: 1997
Description: Hmong farm family selling vegetables on Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square at Madison's Farmer's Market.
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Employee Working on a Computer

Date: 08 28 1984
Description: Mary Beaudry, a temporary employee at International Business Machines, works on word-processing and computer equipment.
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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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Houdini in Chains

Date: 1922
Description: Harry Houdini, the well-known escape artist, was born in Budapest, Hungary and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin. At the time of his immigration his name was s...

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