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Brown in Africa

Date: 07 1941
Description: This portrait of CBS reporter Cecil Brown, then based in Rome, was taken during his tour of North Africa. It was later used as the cover illustration for h...
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Copeland Ryder Shoe Co.

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Description: View of the exterior of the Copeland Ryder Shoe Company, established in 1868. The three-story brick building is bordered by trees, a sidewalk, and a road a...
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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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Moving In

Date: 1925
Description: Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert Paul) Brumder posing standing beside an automobile hitched to a trailer, which is precariously loaded with household furnishin...
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Packed Up

Date: 1925
Description: Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert P.) Brumder (center) is standing with her sons Philip (front, left) and Herbert E. (front, right) near a trailer hitched to an...
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Arville Schaleben Standing Next to Automobile

Date: 1935
Description: Arville Schaleben standing next to an automobile with a camera over his shoulder, a screwdriver in his right hand, and a cigarette in his left hand. A man ...
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Crawford's Custard

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Description: A woman, perhaps a carhop, is standing outdoors by the passenger side of an automobile which is parked in front of Crawford's Custard. She is wearing a thr...

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