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Unidentified Man Dancing

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Description: An unidentified man dancing for a group of onlookers in Black River Falls during the 1908 Homecoming Celebration. He is wearing a Sioux-style eagle feather...
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Registering to Vote

Date: 09 02 1954
Description: A group of newly naturalized citizens registering to vote at City Hall.
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Woman Curler

Date: 01 24 1963
Description: Elderly woman taking a break from a curling. She is a member of the "curling Scots" who toured the United States in 1963.
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Dutch Milk Wagon

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Description: A milkman pauses to dispense milk from the tap of a large milk can on his dog-powered delivery cart in Rotterdam, Holland.
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Farmers Harvesting Grain with McCormick Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: European farmers and young boy harvesting grain with horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field in front of a large mansion or institutional complex.
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Danish McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of stockyard outside a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership in Copenhagen, Denmark. The yard is filled with boxes containing McCor...
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Mussolini and Bust

Date: 1927
Description: Sculptor Jo Davidson stands with Benito Mussolini and his bust-in-progress of Mussolini.
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Ole Bull

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Description: Monograph of famous Norwegian violinist Ole Bull holding his violin and bow.
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Kiss for a Soldier

Date: 08 25 1944
Description: An American soldier receives a kiss in gratitude for the liberation of Paris during World War II.
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Liberators and the Liberated

Date: 02 1945
Description: GIs from the U.S. 76th Infantry Division make friends with two Yugoslav soldiers and a Russian woman who were freed from a German prison camp during World ...
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Pasta Factory

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Description: Workers posing with racks of fresh pasta drying in the sun in Naples, Italy.
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Husking Corn

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Description: Families sit amid piles of corn and remove the husks in the Meskovesd district near Budapest, Hungary.
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Italian Women's Mutual Society Banquet

Date: 02 23 1941
Description: Italian Women's Mutual Society 7th anniversary banquet in the Italian Workingmen's Club building, 914 Regent Street, Greenbush.
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Russell Jones with Group of Journalists

Date: 11 1956
Description: Russell Jones, facing camera wearing a light trench coat, standing with a group of journalists on a street corner during the fighting in Budapest, Hungary....
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First Dutch Settlers

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Description: Dutch family posing outside their log home with two horses.
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Crimean Conference

Date: 02 1945
Description: Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Premier Joseph Stalin seated on the patio of Livadia Palace, Yalta, Crimea, Russia, ...
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Night School

Date: 05 1940
Description: Adult students pose in class at a night school, where they took classes in English and citizenship at Neighborhood House.
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Portrait of French Indians

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Description: Portrait of French Indian men who made the trip to Washington via the Mississippi River to sign the 1854 Treaty ceding lands in both Minnesota and Wisconsi...
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Ile de la Cite

Date: 1998
Description: Ile de la Cite, on the Seine River in Paris, France.
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From the Balcony

Date: 1999
Description: View from the Balcony of The Marais on the Rue de Platre in Paris, France.

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