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Dickey Chapelle Covering Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ...
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Parade of International "Jungle Yachts" on Times Square

Date: 1938
Description: Parade of two International "Jungle Yachts" on Times Square, with newsreel cameramen on top of cars in front of the procession. The "Jungle Yachts" were sp...
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H.H. Bennett and Camera Near Steamboat Rock

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Description: H.H. Bennett with camera near Steamboat Rock. There is a man on shore reading, and a woman in a canoe at the edge of the river.
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H.H. Bennett at Sugar Bowl

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Description: View down sandy beach towards H.H. Bennett and Ruth Bennett on shore near Sugar Bowl. H.H. Bennett is holding a camera over his shoulder. There is an unide...
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Photographer Setting Up Outdoor View of IHC McCormick Works

Date: 08 06 1914
Description: Rear view of company photographer setting up shot of IHC's McCormick Works docks from across the waterfront. Two men are in a long wooden boat, with the na...
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Ansel Adams and his International Travelall

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams at his home in Carmel walks toward his International Travelall with camera platform mounted on top.
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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 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 on Camera Platform

Date: 1968
Description: Elevated view of Ansel Adams making a photograph from the platform mounted atop his International Travelall. He is using an 8 x 10 field camera and an assi...
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Ansel Adams Atop Truck Platform

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams atop a camera platform on his International Travelall inserts an 8 x 10 film holder into his camera.
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Worker Harassment

Date: 06 1955
Description: Private security guards hired by the Colonial Sugar Company photograph striking members of the United Packinghouse Union. As the result of a court restrai...
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Man with Camera Near McCormick Works

Date: 08 08 1914
Description: A photographer is standing near a camera on the bank of the Chicago River. He likely works for International Harvester Company and appears to be photograph...
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Field Photographer

Date: 1921
Description: A photographer, likely an employee of International Harvester, and his hand-crank motion picture camera standing in a field in front of man on top of a wag...
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International Harvester Photographer

Date: 1931
Description: A company photographer sets up his camera on top of a car to take a photograph in a field.
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Cameramen at Train Station

Date: 1915
Description: Group of cameramen waiting at train station, with American flags and banners set up in the background.
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Photographer at Work near a River

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Description: A photographer is setting up for a shot of a man by a river. Across the river are buildings with advertisements and signs. A large log transport is on the ...
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J. Robert Taylor with Camera

Date: 1936
Description: J. Robert Taylor standing in the middle of a street, holding a large camera. On the left, a car is driving by, and a person is walking on the sidewalk in t...
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Men on the Movie Set of "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A group of eleven men (possibly cast and crew members) gather for a group portrait. The photograph was taken on the set at Walnut Grove of the Fox Hearst f...
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Man Photographing Van

Date: 04 23 1937
Description: A photographer uses a view camera to photograph an International truck placed in front of a curtain. Two other men are standing near the open hood of the v...
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International Truck at Indianapolis 500 Race

Date: 05 30 1938
Description: A photographer uses the bed of an International truck parked on the outskirts of a crowd to take photographs at the Indianapolis 500 race. Other photograph...

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