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Iowa's First Flyer

Date: 03 1909
Description: Carl S. Bates, a young inventor from Clear Lake, Iowa, about to race the Buick owned by Louis Strang on the beach at Daytona Beach. Bates originally chall...
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Brookins and Wright Airplane

Date: 07 1910
Description: Walter Brookins, a boyhood friend of the Wright Brothers, flying a Wright airplane over the ocean at Atlantic City. Brookins set numerous records for altit...
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Glenn Curtiss Over the Ocean

Date: 07 1912
Description: Glenn Curtiss flying over the ocean. The pontoons under each wing illustrate the beginnings of his development of amphibious aircraft. The famous Steel Pie...
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Ansel Adams Adjusting Camera

Date: 1968
Description: Photographer Ansel Adams adjusting the exposure on his camera in a wooded area near Point Lobos.
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Ansel Adams Looking Through His Camera

Date: 1968
Description: Photographer Ansel Adams under his dark cloth looking through the groundglass of his 8 x 10 field camera in a wooded area near Point Lobos. The Pacific Oce...
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Ansel Adams at Point Lobos

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams takes exposure notes during a photo shoot at Point Lobos.
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Ansel Adams with Hasselblad at Point Lobos

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams with a Hasselblad camera mounted on a tripod prepares to make a photograph at Point Lobos. His International Travelall is in the background.
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Ansel Adams at Point Lobos

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams prepares to photograph a tide pool with his tripod mounted Hasselblad camera.
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Ansel Adams at Point Lobos

Date: 1968
Description: Photographer Ansel Adams photographs a tide pool with his tripod mounted Hasselblad camera.
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Ansel Adams and Tide Pool

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams makes a close-up photograph of a tide pool with his tripod mounted Hasselblad camera.
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Ansel Adams at Point Lobos

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams takes a light reading with a hand-held light meter in front of his tripod mounted Hasselbald. His International Travelall is in the background.
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Ansel Adams at Point Lobos

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams mounts his 8 x 10 field camera onto his tripod at Point Lobos.
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Ansel Adams' Camera at Point Lobos

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams' camera and hat at Point Lobos.
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Beach and Swimming Pool

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Description: Elevated view down boardwalk toward people swimming and sunbathing on a beach, while others on the right are using a swimming pool located near the boardwa...
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Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette and War Correspondent

Date: 12 18 1943
Description: War Correspondent Robert Doyle and Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette, wearing combat uniform, chat while standing on a shoreline. Lieutenant Colonel...
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Contrasting Tans on Buster Island

Date: 02 20 1945
Description: The caption in the Milwaukee Journal, says it best, "From the far-off Pacific (somewhere on Kwajalein), the picture of Ensign Ray Hanson and Robert ...
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Group Portrait of War Correspondents in Guam

Date: 04 1945
Description: A group of war correspondents, soldiers and officers pose outdoors on the sand in front of palm trees for a portrait in Guam. Many are holding a beverage a...

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