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Homer Bigart with Elderly Couple

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Description: Portrait of Homer Bigart with elderly couple. Bigart was an award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times".
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Couples Boating

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Description: Elevated view of a group of two couples boating.
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Couple Looking at Record

Date: 11 10 1963
Description: A couple that used a "couple computer" that matched preferences choose a record.
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Murphys at Vatican

Date: 04 08 1950
Description: Robert B.L. Murphy and his wife after reception at the Vatican.
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George H. W. Bush

Date: 09 1990
Description: George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States, with his wife, Barbara Pierce Bush. Bush was born on June 12, 1924 in Milton, Massachuset...
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Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson

Date: 1963
Description: Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States, is shown with his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, having an intense discussion, while seated in an...
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Couple and Dilapidated House

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Description: A young couple poses in front of a dilapidated house.
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Lunt and Fontanne in Drawing Room

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Description: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne discuss the newspaper in their drawing room at Ten Chimneys.
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Photomontage of Highlander Square Dancing

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Description: Photomontage of musicians playing their instruments, with people square dancing beneath. Ike Church is playing the banjo in the upper right, and J.D. Marlo...
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Ben and Alvina Bergor

Date: 1940
Description: Ben Bergor and his wife Alvina performing their amazing escape act utilizing a straightjacket and a trunk.
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Lucius and Frances Fairchild

Date: 1870
Description: Studio portrait of Governor Lucius Fairchild, and his wife, Frances (Bull) Fairchild.
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Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis in "Hellcats of the Navy"

Date: 1957
Description: Photograph of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis, stars of Columbia Pictures' "Hellcats of the Navy."
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Woman and Very Tall Man

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Description: A young woman and a very tall man stand together in front of the cookhouse wagon. She is holding a bottle of soda and offering him a hotdog; he has his arm...
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Father Groppi Serving Communion

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Description: Father James Groppi serving Communion to a couple at St. Michael's Church.
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Gaylord and Carrie Lee Nelson

Date: 04 1962
Description: Full-length portrait of Governor Gaylord Nelson and Mrs. Carrie Lee Nelson. They are standing in front of an upholstered chair and a wooden chair in a wood...
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Two Dancing Couples

Date: 10 24 1966
Description: Two couples are dancing in a ballroom with full-length curtains in the background. Caption reads: "The dance music appealed to (from left) Mr. and Mrs. Jos...
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Norma Talmadge and Gilbert Roland in "Camille"

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Description: Norma Talmadge and Gilbert Roland gaze into each other's eyes in a scene from the 1926 film "Camille". He is dressed in a suit and she wears a light sleev...
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Norma Talmadge and Eugene O'Brien in "The Ghosts of Yesterday"

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Description: Norma Talmadge, as Ruth Graham, grabs the arm of Howard Marston, played by Eugene O'Brien, in the 1918 film "The Ghosts of Yesterday". She looks up at him...

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