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Observation Balloon

Date: 08 1917
Description: A training ascension of a captive observation balloon. During their training, soldiers learned how to correctly estimate the effectiveness of artillery on ...
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Herbert Hoover

Date: 06 20 1920
Description: Herbert Hoover, during his tenure as head of the U.S. Food Administration, receiving an honorary degree from Brown University.
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President Wilson leaving the White House

Date: 03 12 1917
Description: President Wilson leaves the White House in a black car on his way to the Capitol to take oath.
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Senator George Norris

Date: 1917
Description: Senator George Willliam Norris posed at the base of a fluted column on the portico of the United States Capitol building. He holds a document in his right ...
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Jane Addams

Date: 1916
Description: Oval-framed, waist-up portrait of Jane Addams, a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as well as th...

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