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Dickey Chapelle Covering Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ...
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Man in Strand Jacket

Date: 02 20 1931
Description: Charles Loewenberg, manager of the Strand Theatre, and Aldro Wasley, photographer, wearing a Strand jacket and jodhpurs, standing on E. Mifflin Street.
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McVicar Photo Service Window Display

Date: 11 07 1929
Description: Homecoming window display at McVicar Photo Service, 723 University Avenue.
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United Nations Security Council Meeting

Date: 1946
Description: Filming by NBC of the United Nations security council meeting at Hunter College.
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Betty Wells at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: Actress Betty Wells sitting next to a man, possibly a KRNT radio personality, for a simultaneous radio and television broadcast from the Iowa State Fair.
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Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, John Noble, and George Hill on the set of Sunshine Alley

Date: 1917
Description: The actors, cameraman, and director discuss the script on location for the silent film "Sunshine Alley" (Goldwyn, 1917). On the right is a Bell & Howell mo...
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Billie Burke with a Camera Outdoors

Date: 1917
Description: Billie Burke wearing fashionable sportswear (a matching set of bloomers, leggings, and cap) points a Kodak roll film camera at the photographer. She stands...
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Dickey Chapelle on the USS "Boxer"

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Description: Dickey Chapelle is sitting on the USS "Boxer" with cameras around her neck and luggage at her side.
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Joel McCrea and Laraine Day

Date: 1940
Description: Laraine Day takes a photograph of Joel McCrea; both are smiling. Both are dressed very nicely. In the background a crew member looks at them from a raised ...
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U.S. Ski Team with Scout Traveler and Scout II

Date: 1975
Description: Two views of the U.S. Ski Team. Top: Alpine team practices near Park City, Utah headquarters. Bottom: Nordic team trains near Hanover, New Hampshire.
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Lifting the Lindsay Street Sign

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Vel Phillips and Bernice Lindsay helping lift the Lindsay Street sign to be installed. Phillips is wearing a dress and is in front of Lindsay, who is weari...
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Bernice Lindsay Addresses Crowd

Date: 04 14 1967
Description: Bernice Lindsay is on a podium. She is wearing a coat and a hat. A man is filming her speech. On the ground is the street sign in her honor. Part of the N ...
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Outdoor Portrait of Arville Schaleben

Date: 1935
Description: Outdoor full-length portrait of Arville Schaleben.
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Alex Guinness in Kind Hearts and Coronets

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Description: Image of actor Alec Guinness as Young Henry in the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets. Guinness stands behind a camera as in the film, Young Henry ...

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