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Freedom School Class

Date: 1964
Description: A group of African American students participating in a Freedom School class outdoors during Freedom Summer. The class, which was held on Tougaloo College ...
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Golf Game

Date: 04 26 1967
Description: Women golfers on the course.
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Children Sledding

Date: 1975
Description: A winter scene with excited children on a toboggan.
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Family Camping Trip

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: Family members gather around a campfire to enjoy biscuits and sausages cooked on the grill at Naga-Waukee Park.
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Girl with Egg Tree

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Bonnetted girl gazes at egg tree.
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Ban Hat Bay

Date: 1961
Description: Personnel on the mortar fire mission move toward the site in New Man's Land from which they'll fire. Laos.
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Feast for the Lotus-Eater

Date: 1957
Description: Lotus beds on Mississippi River in the foreground and middleground. Bluffs are in the background.
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Publicity Photograph of Valeska Suratt

Date: 09 30 1918
Description: Quarter-length publicity photograph of Valeska Suratt in a dark velvet dress and hat. She holds a calla lilly and wears pearl rings. The print carries a...
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Ronald Reagan in Death Valley Days

Date: 1952
Description: Ronald Reagan sits on a horse in a publicity still for the TV show Death Valley Days. He wears a hat and a vest with a pocket watch fob attached to...
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Huntley Gordon and Irene Castle in "The Invisible Bond"

Date: 1919
Description: Huntly Gordon (in character as Harleth Crossey) and Irene Castle (as Marcia Crossey) pose outdoors in a full-length publicity photograph for "The Invisible...
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Emil Jannings Exercising

Date: 1927
Description: The famous German actor Emil Jannings is on the roof of his California home posing on a rowing machine. The original caption stamped on the back of the pri...
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Marguerite Clark and Jack Mulhall Publicity Still

Date: 1920
Description: In this publicity still for "All of a Sudden Peggy," Marguerite Clark and Jack Mulhall are talking outdoors in a rose garden. Both are dressed very fashion...
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Cows Resting in Hilltop Pasture

Date: 2004
Description: Holstein cows resting on a sunny day in a hilltop pasture. View to horizon towards wooded hills with clouds in the sky.
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Water Skier with Inflatable Doll

Date: 08 08 1989
Description: Water skier lifting an inflatable doll during an Aquaducks show.
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Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne Picking Fruit

Date: 1949
Description: Alfred Lunt standing on a wooden ladder and picking plums from a tree in the Ten Chimneys orchard. Lynn Fontanne stands below holding a basket to collect t...
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Pat O'Brien and Bill Marshall

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Description: Pat O'Brien talks with Bill Marshall as they stand on the beach on the set of Knute Rockne All American. O'Brien is wearing a suit coat and dress pa...
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"Not that You Won or Lost . . ."

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Description: Sid, holding an umbrella and sitting on bleachers outside the Wisconsin Historical Society building. Rain (graphite lines) is annotated on the negative. At...
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"Wuthering Heights" Publicity Still

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Description: The crew on the film "Wuthering Heights" shooting a scene with an actress on a cliff. The camera is on the left with two large lights, and two men holding ...
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Buster Keaton

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Description: Buster Keaton sitting outdoors and holding an oversize book and pencil. The book is for New Year Resolutions in 1929.
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Vang Brothers

Date: 1986
Description: Four brothers posing in and next to a shopping cart. Caption reads: "Bee Vang ended up in the lower berth, and his brothers, Sam and John, rode on top as a...

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