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Father Groppi and Demonstrators

Date: 1968
Description: Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation"
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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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CORE Picketers

Date: 01 14 1964
Description: Civil rights group CORE picketing the Board of Realtors at Coach House Motor Inn for fairness and equality in housing.
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College Teacher Protest

Date: 12 04 1970
Description: Elevated view of college teachers, non-tenured, at UW-Parkside protesting the decision to not renew their contracts.
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Dalton Trumbo

Date: 
Description: Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, seated at a typewriter.
Magazine or Periodical

Progressive Magazine McCarthy Issue

Date: 04 1954
Description: Cover of "McCarthy: A Documented Record," a special issue of the Progressive magazine. The cover features a drawing of a Birdseye view of Washington...
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Four of the Hollywood Ten

Date: 
Description: Four members of the Hollywood Ten at an unidentified event concerning their defense. From left to right are: Herbert Biberman, Alvah Bessie, and Dalton Tr...
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Nixon as Congressional Candidate

Date: 1946
Description: Richard M. Nixon, probably as a congressional candidate in 1946 when he first demonstrated his ability to use Communism as a way to electoral victory, in t...
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Ronald Reagan Campaigning for President

Date: 
Description: Ronald Reagan shakes hands with workers in front of a Manitowoc crane.
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Hollywood Ten: Alvah Bessie

Date: 1947
Description: One of the Hollywood Ten, Alvah Bessie (second from left, holding a cigarette) and others at a luncheon.
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Eight of the Hollywood Ten

Date: 1947
Description: Eight members of the Hollywood Ten at an unidentified event concerning their defense. From left to right are Herbert Biberman, Alvah Bessie, Dalton Trumbo,...
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Members of the Hollywood Ten

Date: 1947
Description: Some members of the Hollywood Ten at an airport. The bald man on the far left is Alvah Bessie. Near the center with his hand gesturing is Herbert Biberman....
Photograph

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 impr...
Manuscript

Hollywood Ten: Alvah Bessie's Subpoena

Date: 09 18 1947
Description: Subpoena for Alvah Bessie to appear before the U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Un-American Activities on October 23, 1947.
Print

Old Heidelberg, Beer Label

Date: 1926
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Old Heidelberg Brew, Made under the formula of a famous old German brew, Val. Blatz ...
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Assembly Floor

Date: 1967
Description: Democratic leadership on the Wisconsin Assembly floor: left to right: Robert T. Huber, minority leader; David R. Obey, assistant minority leader, and Norma...
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Possible Female Vice Presidential Nominees

Date: 07 09 1984
Description: Seven buttons or stickers with the names and faces of possible female Vice-Presidential nominees. Walter Mondale was determined to choose a woman for his r...
Print

J'Aime Jack

Date: 1960
Description: A french bumper sticker with John F. Kennedy's face inside a circle in the middle. On the left, white letters on a red background, "J'AIME" and on the righ...
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Ho Chi Minh as a Radical in France

Date: 1920
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Ho Chi Minh, with a shallow depth of field and simple background. Ho Chi Minh looks off to his right.
Poster

Tell Fidel I Will Do My Duty

Date: 09 1973
Description: Part of a poster series celebrating President Salvador Allende after his death. Allende was elected president of Chile in 1970, and promoted the nationaliz...

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