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Photograph

Fred Dennett

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Fred Dennett.
Photograph

Alex Haley

Date: 1978
Description: Author Alex Haley autographing a copy of his best selling book, Roots, during a visit to Spottsylvania County, Virginia, where his ancestor Kunte Ki...
Photograph

Alex Haley and Kunte Kinte's Grave

Date: 1978
Description: Author Alex Haley and actor LeVar Burton visit the grave of Haley's ancestor, the slave Kunte Kinte, in Spottsylvania County, Virginia. In the television ...
Photograph

Ku Klux Klan Members

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Description: Two people in robes and hoods standing beneath a triangular flag with an image of a dragon on it. The robes and part of the flag are hand-colored in purple...
Print

Kernel Wheat, Label

Date: 04 23 1934
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration by the M Carpenter Baking Co. The label is in red and blue, and is for cracked wheat b...
Photograph

Portrait of Sid's Girlfriend

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Sid's girlfriend, Bea Walusiak Heitmeyer.
Painting

William Henry Mylrea

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Description: Cased miniature painting on ivory of William Henry Mylrea. Quarter length portrait, he is facing forward, wearing a suit and purple tie, and eyeglasses.
Photograph

Medicine Man

Date: 1935
Description: A waist-up informal portrait of Match-o-ka-mah, described on the reverse of the photograph as "Medicine Man and Keeper of the Sacred Drum of the Wisconsin ...
Photograph

Carmen Dillon

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Description: Art Director Carmen Dillon on the set of the 1949 film "Hamlet." She is holding blueprints while standing in front of an arch.

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