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| Date: | 10 29 1959 |
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| Description: | Flyer for a rally "The Right To Vote" "The Fight To Vote" sponsored by the Federation of Negro Civil Service Organizations, Inc. Speakers include Jackie Ro... |
| Date: | 06 13 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Robert Fischelis at Delegate's Entrance, Hunter College. He served as an advisor to the American delegation to the Instructional Health Conference, which b... |
| Date: | 05 20 1951 |
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| Description: | General Douglas MacArthur with his wife, Jean, and son, Arthur upon his return to the United States after being relieved as Commander of U.S. forces in Asi... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | View towards a woman in fancy evening dress speaking with a doorman or chauffeur outside Julius Monk's "Downstairs Room" nightclub. The tailgate of an Inte... |
| Date: | 11 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Catholic War Veterans of America parade in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral in recognition of Armistice Day. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Man working on a residential street with a Hough H-30 front loader. The machine was manufactured by the Frank G. Hough Company. |
| Date: | 02 1957 |
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| Description: | Dickey Chapelle and her Aunt Louise embrace at Idlewild Airport after Chapelle's return from Budapest, Hungary. |
| Date: | 05 20 1951 |
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| Description: | General Douglas MacArthur in the midst of a tickertape parade honoring his return from Korea. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | International Harvester truck dealer Vern Netteschiem listening to recorded truck specifications while he sleeps. The Dormiphone was a clock-controlled tap... |
| Date: | 09 18 1952 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy speaking with reporters at LaGuardia Airport shortly after his victory over Len Schmitt in the Wisconsin Republican primary. McC... |
| Date: | 10 12 1953 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and his new bride, the former Jean Kerr, arrive at the federal building in New York City where a hearing concerning security ris... |
| Date: | 10 17 1953 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, now chair of the Senate Investigating Committee, arrives at a New York City hotel to begin hearings on alleged Communist espion... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union on March 29, 1951, and sentenced to death. The climate surrounding their trial wa... |
| Date: | 06 21 1953 |
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| Description: | Tensions ran high among the crowd that gathered outside the Brooklyn building where the funeral service for executed Russian spies Julius and Ethel Rosenbe... |
| Date: | 11 24 1953 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and Francis P. Carr at the first public session of the investigation of espionage at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Carr read into ... |
| Date: | 05 20 1951 |
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| Description: | General Douglas MacArthur rides in an open car during the ticker tape parade in his honor. MacArthur had just returned to the United States, having been re... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | International Harvester dealer Vern Netteschiem (right) and an interested customer leaning on an International truck. In the background a truck is loaded w... |
| Date: | 05 26 1959 |
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| Description: | Eleanor Roosevelt speaks at a fund-raising event for SCEF, the Southern Conference Educational Fund, held at the Hotel Delmonico. She praised SCEF particul... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Farewell party for Cedric Belfrage of the "National Guardian" at the newspaper's office. Identified in the crowd is Paul Robeson, a longtime supporter of t... |
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