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Golf Game

Date: 04 26 1967
Description: Women golfers on the course.
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Child with Injured Foot

Date: 08 1957
Description: A young Algerian girl has her foot treated by a Red Crescent (Red Cross equivalent) worker in a tent. The man is wrapping the girl's foot in bandages. She ...
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Ronald Reagan Campaigning for President

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Description: Ronald Reagan shakes hands with workers in front of a Manitowoc crane.
Manuscript

Hollywood Ten: Alvah Bessie's Subpoena

Date: 09 18 1947
Description: Subpoena for Alvah Bessie to appear before the U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Un-American Activities on October 23, 1947.
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Emil Jannings Publicity Portrait

Date: 1927
Description: Paramount Pictures studio portrait of Emil Jannings in coat and tie with a cigar in his mouth.
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Assembly Floor

Date: 1967
Description: Democratic leadership on the Wisconsin Assembly floor: left to right: Robert T. Huber, minority leader; David R. Obey, assistant minority leader, and Norma...
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C.L. Shearer

Date: 10 16 1967
Description: View across sidewalk towards a man sitting on a bench outside a storefront with a screen door that has a sign on it for Purity Bread. An American flag is h...
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Harness Races

Date: 09 1963
Description: Harness racing at a County Fair. The horses pulling sulkies are making the turn in front of the grandstand. Another building and trees are in the backgroun...
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Young Protesters Praying

Date: 06 18 1992
Description: Children are praying at a reproduction rights protest. They're wearing headbands that bear slogans about abortion.
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Boat Slip

Date: 1963
Description: Boats moored at a boat slip. In the foreground is a bench near a concrete wall over which rope is hanging in loops.
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Faye Emerson and Eleanor Roosevelt

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Description: Faye Emerson sitting next to Eleanor Roosevelt. The two are both wearing nice, but casual dresses. Faye was married to Eleanor's son Elliott from 1944-1950...
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Memorial Day

Date: 05 26 1969
Description: Cub Scouts marching in a Memorial Day parade. Two scouts are holding flags, and spectators are in the background.
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Persuasion

Date: 1975
Description: The State Legislature in session at the State Capitol. The board indicating votes cast is overhead.
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Country Store

Date: 1977
Description: A teenage girl is walking up cement steps to a sidewalk in front of a country store and Post Office. An American flag is flying from a column in the foregr...
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"I Led 3 Lives" Advertisement

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Description: Photograph of a newspaper or magazine advertisement for the Ziv-TV show "I Led 3 Lives" which was based on the career of FBI undercover agent Herbert Philb...
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Democratic Process

Date: 1976
Description: Poll workers wait for voters at the Town Hall. They are seated at tables on a platform. Below are a wood burning stove and folding chairs.
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Patriotic Observance

Date: 07 1978
Description: A crowd of people gather for Flag Day on Wilson Street. Many have their hands on their hearts.
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Mrs. Carrie Lee Nelson

Date: 10 11 1968
Description: A woman is sitting and holding a cup of coffee on a plate, facing an unidentified person in the foreground. She is wearing a name tag that reads: "Carrie L...
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Walther Supporters

Date: 04 03 1968
Description: Many people are standing or sitting in a room with "Walther for Mayor" signs on the wall. Some are looking at a television in the foreground. Caption reads...
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George Wallace Supporters

Date: 03 18 1964
Description: Supporters greet Alabama Governor George Wallace during a Presidential primary campaign stop in Oshkosh. A supporter in the foreground (out of frame) is ho...

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