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Vince Lombardi at the Pro Football Writers Dinner

Date: 02 10 1969
Description: Green Bay Packers football coach, Vince Lombardi, being interviewed at the professional football writers dinner.
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Dickey Chapelle in Vietnam

Date: 11 1964
Description: Dickey Chapelle on the Don Phuc command post, in front of a stack of sandbags, on the Vietnam-Cambodia frontier. Chapelle resided at this post for 34 days,...
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Edna Ferber with Pearls

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Edna Ferber looking to her right, wearing a string of pearls.
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Juan Chacon Studying Script

Date: 1954
Description: Actor Juan Chacon is shown leaning against a building studying his script on the set of "Salt of the Earth".
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Beach Toss

Date: 08 12 1984
Description: A bikini-clad woman snaps a self-portrait with a long cable release attached to a camera as she is tossed into the air by a group of men on the beach. Othe...
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Woman at Work

Date: 03 24 1969
Description: Young woman at work designing a magazine cover.
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Vintage Airplanes

Date: 07 27 1988
Description: Vintage aircraft always attract attention. In 1988 on their way to the EAA convention, the national organization of owners of World War II trainers made a ...
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Kermit Bloomgarden with Awards

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Description: Kermit Bloomgarden is seated at a desk with numerous awards on the wall behind him.
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Alex Haley

Date: 1978
Description: Author Alex Haley autographing a copy of his best selling book, Roots, during a visit to Spottsylvania County, Virginia, where his ancestor Kunte Ki...
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McCarthy Defeats La Follette

Date: 08 15 1946
Description: Joseph R. McCarthy opens congratulatory telegrams after his primary election victory over Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., a victory which ended the La ...
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Dalton Trumbo

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Description: Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, seated at a typewriter.
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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 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.
Print

Century of the Reaper

Date: 1931
Description: Cover of the book "Century of the Reaper" by Cyrus McCormick III ("Cyrusie"). The cover includes a color illustration of the senior Cyrus McCormick testing...
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"The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" Movie Still

Date: 1956
Description: Movie still from the Twentieth Century-Fox movie "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit," featuring Gregory Peck (playing Tom Rath). He is smoking a cigarette a...
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Swear In To Vote Day

Date: 01 15 1980
Description: "New Voters — It was "Swear In to Vote Day' at Pulaski High School. Students who have reached 18 were sworn in as voters during a ceremony at the school, a...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Mrs. Rose Kennedy

Date: 11 24 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Sen. Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy, brother of the late president, escorts his mother, Mrs. Rose Kennedy fro...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Murder Weapon

Date: 11 23 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "A Dallas Policeman holds the murder weapon used to assassinate President John F. Kennedy high over his...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

President John F. Kennedy Greets Crowd

Date: 11 22 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "President John F. Kennedy greets a large crowd in a light rain in front of the Texas hotel prior to hi...
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F. Gerald Ham and Dr. Walter Peterson

Date: 03 1965
Description: The caption with this photograph reads: "Dr. Walter Peterson (right), professor of history at Lawrence University, Appleton, with F. Gerald Ham, Wisconsin ...

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