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Nuclear Bomb Testing

Date: 04 25 1953
Description: A mushroom cloud from possibly Yucca Flats, Nevada where there was a nuclear bomb test.
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Rusted Bayonets and Shot

Date: 1812
Description: Four rusted bayonets and shot that sat in the hold of the ship Niagara for 80 years.
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Family Cast

Date: 02 12 1963
Description: Six members of the same family form the complete cast of a library playhouse production that was to be televised.
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Fred Bear and Deer

Date: 1941
Description: Bow-hunter Fred Bear poses with his bow and a deer carcass.
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Dickey Chapelle with Bullets

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Description: Photographer Dickey Chapelle displays bullets and casings.
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Sidney Poitier and Brock Peters in "Porgy and Bess"

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Description: Porgy (Sidney Poitier) and Crown (Brock Peters) fight one another. Poitier leans out a window and grabs Peters around the neck and wrist. Peters is bendin...
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Kirk Douglas as Spartacus

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Description: Publicity photograph of Kirk Douglas as Spartacus, holding a large knife in one hand and standing in a threatening pose on a set of stairs. He is dressed a...
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Gisholt 52" Vertical Boring Mill

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Description: Gisholt 52" vertical boring mill. The machine has a turret head on the left hand side and "an attachment for crowning pulleys or fly wheels, capable of fin...
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Rodolfo Acosta in Death Valley Days

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Description: Publicity photograph of Rodolfo Acosta in a scene from the TV show Death Valley Days. Acosta plays a Mexican bandit and has two bandoliers full of ...
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Forrest Tucker in Death Valley Days

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Description: Promotional photograph of actor Forrest Tucker for the TV show Death Valley Days. Tucker is crouched behind a wooden structure and points a revolve...

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