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Irene Castle in Uniform

Date: 1917
Description: The glamorous dancer Irene Castle wearing a World War I "Preparedness Uniform" of her own design. The dress was based on the uniform worn by her husband an...
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Navy Show

Date: 01 17 1944
Description: A U.S. Navy sailor playing piano while another sailor is leaning on the piano awaiting his time to sing.
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Sailor in Comedian Act

Date: 01 17 1944
Description: Navy sailor standing at a microphone performing a comedy act.
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Strand Theatre Box Office, Military Display

Date: 06 02 1931
Description: View towards a woman sitting in the Strand Theatre box office surrounded by a display of helmets, guns and sand bags for the motion picture "Women of All N...
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Two World War One Soldiers at Capitol Theatre

Date: 06 07 1930
Description: Two men dressed as "Doughboys" at the Capitol Theatre entrance, promoting the movie "Journey's End" at 209 State Street.
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Chapelle in Vietnam

Date: 1962
Description: Dickey Chapelle dressed in military clothing wading through a swamp in Vietnam.
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Fairchild at Gettysburg Monument

Date: 1869
Description: Governor Lucius Fairchild of Wisconsin and an unidentified group visiting the still uncompleted national monument at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1869. Fair...
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Fund Raising Poster

Date: 1942
Description: Photographic copy of a poster made by International Harvester's advertising department to solicit funds for the International Harvester Company's World War...
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Military Dance

Date: 1942
Description: Uniformed Corp. J.L. Slack, a former International Harvester Company employee, dances with a woman wearing a dress and high heeled shoes at Port Clinton. O...
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Dicky Chapelle at US Military Aid Headquarters

Date: 08 29 1961
Description: Dicky Chapelle at US Military Aid Headquarters. She holds an unlit cigarette and a lighter. She is wearing eyeglasses and smiling at the camera.
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Ronald Reagan as Capt. David Farrgut in Death Valley Days

Date: 1952
Description: Ronald Reagan stars as Capt. David Farragut in "The Battle of San Francisco Bay," an episode of Death Valley Days. Reagan holds a pocket watch in on...
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William Lundigan

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Description: William Lundigan poses as his character Colonel Ed McCauley from the television show Men Into Space. He is wearing a military uniform and hat.
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Marc Blitzstein Publicity Still

Date: 1943
Description: Marc Blitzstein in U.S. Army Air Corps uniform at a piano, singing into a BBC microphone. Caption on reverse of image reads "London, 1943".
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Donald Crisp publicity still for "The Birth of a Nation"

Date: 1915
Description: In this publicity still for D.W. Griffith's silent drama "The Birth of a Nation," Donald Crisp wears a U.S. Army uniform for his role as General Ulysses S....
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Henry Walthall publicity still for "The Birth of a Nation"

Date: 1915
Description: In this publicity still for D.W. Griffith's silent drama "The Birth of a Nation," Henry Walthall stands outdoors in a Confederate uniform for his role as C...
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Sailors Considering Tattoos

Date: 05 05 1955
Description: Elevated view of two men in naval uniforms standing on the sidewalk in front of a fire hydrant looking upward. One is smoking a cigarette and the other is ...
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Breath Control

Date: 12 1976
Description: A man plays a Baritone Tuba for an old-time Civil War band. He is wearing a uniform.
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Ronald Reagan as Capt. David Farrgut in Death Valley Days

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Description: Ronald Reagan wears a naval uniform as Capt. David Farragut in an episode of the TV show Death Valley Days. He stands behind and has one hand on a ...
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Ronald Reagan as Capt. David Farrgut in Death Valley Days

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Description: Ronald Reagan wears a naval uniform as Capt. David Farragut in an episode of the TV show Death Valley Days. He stands behind and has one hand on a ship's w...

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