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Charles McCarthy in his Office

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Description: Charles McCarthy writing at his desk in his office.
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Free The Hollywood Ten

Date: 10 28 1947
Description: Several members of the screenwriters and directors known as the "Hollywood Ten," together with members of their families at a demonstration before their im...
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Radiophone

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Description: A woman takes down menus and recipes that she hears on her radiophone.
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William Dempster Hoard

Date: 1912
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of William Dempster Hoard (1836-1918).
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Keller Avenue

Date: 1905
Description: View down Keller Avenue towards businesses along the left. A round or octagon shaped building on the far left has a sign that reads: "Restaurant". Further ...
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Bruce Barton and Cecil B. DeMille

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Description: Bruce Barton posing with Cecil B. Demille, who is holding a copy of Bartons' book "The Man Nobody Knows".
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General Augustus Gaylord at Table

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Description: General Augustus Gaylord (seated right), the Adjutant-General of Wisconsin. Caption reads: "Quotas and Credits."
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Gaylord Nelson Signing Autographs

Date: 1974
Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson signs an autograph for an admiring voter at an agricultural conference.
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Dalton Trumbo

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Description: Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, seated at a typewriter.
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Raja Radhakant Deva Bahadoor, Author

Date: 1857
Description: Carte-de-visite of Raja Radhakant Deva Bahadoor (1783-1867), Indian scholar and author. Best known for writing the Sanskrik Encyclopedia, Sabdakalpadruma (...
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Hollywood Ten Discussion

Date: 1947
Description: At a luncheon sponsored by Americans for Democratic Action, Paul Hays, chair of the ADA New York chapter, discusses the congressional investigation of Holl...
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Writers Workshop at Highlander

Date: 1940
Description: A late 1930s early 1940s writers workshop at Highlander run by Leon Wilson. Charlie Ferguson, Editor, Reader's Digest, working with Mrs. Joe Kelly Stockt...
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Samuel Goldwyn and Edna Ferber

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Description: Samuel Goldwyn and Edna Ferber pose together wearing fashionable attire.
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Edna Ferber, Writing

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Description: Portrait of Edna Ferber seated and writing with a pen.
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Exhibit of Student Work

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Description: Display of student work including drawings, maps, and essays.
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Richard Barthelmess Writing

Date: 1917
Description: A water-damaged, thoroughly-retouched publicity still of Richard Barthelmess sitting at a writing desk. It apparently appeared in "Photoplay Magazine" some...
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The Cowboy

Date: 1946
Description: Front of a postcard from Dr. Rolland Anderson to Floyd Quinney and his family depicting mounted cowboys herding cattle on the range. The sky above the sc...
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Gettysburg Address

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Description: The text of the famous speech by Abraham Lincoln with an oval portrait. The oval around the portrait is embossed.
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Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation

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Description: A facsimile of the handwritten document by Abraham Lincoln, with additional decorations, published for the benefit of the United States Sanitary Commission...
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Druggist Office

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Description: A druggist sits at a desk in Havana, Cuba making notes in a ledger. Beside and behind him are bookshelves full of books and other drug related ephemera.

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