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Buying Tickets at Ellis Island

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Description: Immigrants buying tickets at Ellis Island.
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TWUA Strike Meeting

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: TWUA officials are shown seated at a table during a strike meeting with picket signs in front of the table. From left to right are business manager Charles...
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Anthony Comstock

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Description: Anthony Comstock in his New York office.
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Trio of Druggists

Date: 04 30 1948
Description: A trio of pharmacists consult one another about a prescription order.
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Early Crystal Radio Set

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Description: A woman tunes an early crystal radio set.
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Sending Prescription Boy on an Errand

Date: 1888
Description: View of scene at J.N. Hegeman Drugstore, 1218 Broadway Street, New York. John Ferris hands a prescription written on a piece of paper to the errand boy. Fr...
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Showing Wares to a Customer

Date: 1889
Description: Druggist Junior Jones shows a customer some items from the J.N. Hegeman Pharmacy, 1218 Broadway.
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NY College of Pharmacy, Class Portrait

Date: 1890
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Class of 1890, NY College of Pharmacy.
Postcard

Curtiss with Langley's Aerodrome

Date: 06 1914
Description: The Aerodome, invented by Samuel Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as reconstructed by Glenn Curtiss at Hammondsport.
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Lindbergh Before the Flight

Date: 05 20 1927
Description: Charles Lindbergh receiving encouragement from an unidentified spectator as the "Spirit of St. Louis" is prepared for take off. Described by some as a fly...
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Speed Holmen

Date: 1928
Description: Charles "Speed" Holman and Ed Ballough, the Laird Team, after the New York to Los Angeles air race. Minnesotan Charles Holman earned his nickname by racing...
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Elizabeth Wickenden

Date: 1960
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Professor Elizabeth Wickenden, professor of urban studies and technical consultant on public social policy to the Nationa...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Date: 1944
Description: President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the rain during his presidential reelection campaign.
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Alice in Dairyland and World's Largest Cheese

Date: 1964
Description: Alice in Dairyland, and two employees of Steve's Cheese, sample a piece of the World's largest cheese. The gigantic piece of cheese was part of Wisconsin's...
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Milwaukee Braves at the World's Fair

Date: 1964
Description: Members of the Milwaukee Braves professional baseball team receive complementary gifts at the New York World's Fair.
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Wisconsin Rotunda at World's Fair

Date: 1964
Description: Construction begins of the Wisconsin Rotunda at the New York World's Fair. Principals of the project are standing in a group, and include Michael Pender, W...
Poster

Daniel DeLeon

Date: 1900
Description: Socialist Labor Party poster promoting Daniel DeLeon, as Governor of the State of New York.
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Sidell Sisters

Date: 1927
Description: The Sidell Sisters, Billie and Pierre, posed as a Latin couple. The Sidell Sisters were from Madison, Wisconsin. They were students of Leo T. Kehl and th...
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Medical Inspection of Immigrants

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Description: Medical inspection of immigrants at Ellis Island.
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Portrait of Young Dickey Chapelle

Date: 1942
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of a young Dickey Meyer Chapelle posing in front of a fireplace mantel wearing a blouse and dress pants.

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