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John Nolen

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of John Nolen, landscape architect.
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International Bus

Date: 1924
Description: Large number of passengers squeezed into an International bus on an urban street.
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Boston General Line Branch

Date: 1935
Description: Two well-dressed men are standing outdoors among Farmall tractors which are loaded on railroad cars. Original caption reads: "M.E. Merseran, manager, and H...
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Daisy Bates Accepts a Gavel

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Description: Daisy Bates accepts a gavel from The Honorable Edward F. McGlaughlin, president of the Boston City Council. She had just spoken before the Council.
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Daisy Bates Accepts a Gift

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Description: The Honorable John D. Brown, Director of Public Celebrations for the City of Boston, presents Daisy Bates with a replica of the famed "Paul Revere Bowl" at...
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Daisy Bates in a Welcoming Party

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Description: Daisy Bates as part of a welcoming party at an airport. From left to right are: Edward L. Cooper, executive secretary of the Boston NAACP, Kivie Kaplan, Na...
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Frank Lloyd Wright as a Young Boy

Date: 1874
Description: Carte-de-visite of architect Frank Lloyd Wright as a young boy.
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Hives on Balcony

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Description: Two men are posing standing on a balcony on the side of a brick building with several beehives. The man on the right is in front of an open window and is h...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Mrs. Rose Kennedy

Date: 11 24 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Sen. Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy, brother of the late president, escorts his mother, Mrs. Rose Kennedy fro...
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Frederick J. Turner

Date: 1924
Description: Outdoor portrait of Frederick J. Turner wearing an overcoat and standing in the snow. Location is 7 Phillips Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Mears Family

Date: 1906
Description: Five people posing in an automobile parked in front of a large frame house. The house is identified as the birthplace of Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears (1830-1...
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Harold Lloyd

Date: 10 09 1955
Description: Harold Lloyd with Stereo Realist Award. He was an actor and stereo photography enthusiast. He said: "I own one, I use it, I love it. It takes the most amaz...
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Students at South Boston High School

Date: 1975
Description: Students and three adults on standing on the steps at an entrance to South Boston High School.
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David Duke Recruiting

Date: 1975
Description: Caption on the reverse reads: "David Duke, Grand Dragon of the Baton Rouge Ku Klux Klan trying to recruit South Boston residents, teenagers idolized him, l...
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David Duke Recruiting for KKK

Date: 1975
Description: Caption on the reverse reads: "David Duke, Grand Dragon of the Baton Rouge Ku Klux Klan, trying to recruit South Boston residents. Teenagers idolized him, ...
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David Duke Recruiting

Date: 1975
Description: Informal quarter-length portrait of David Duke. Caption on the reverse reads: "Grand Dragon of a Ku Klux Klan in Baton Rouge." He was in South Boston tryin...
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Frederick Huntington Gillett

Date: 1919
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Republican politician Frederick H. Gillett. Caption reads: "Gillett May Succeed Mann. Photo shows Frederick H. Gillett of...
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Edwin Hale Abbot

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Description: Seated portrait of Edwin Hale Abbot, during his time as a practicing lawyer in Boston. Abbot was an attorney on the 1869 Alabama Claims. He later became di...
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Amos Bronson Alcott

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Description: Stereographic image of Amos Bronson Alcott in his study. Alcott was an educator and philosopher, and a figure in the Transcendentalist movement. He created...

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