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Bishop Fulton Sheen

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. He is looking directly at the camera and is wearing a priestly frock coat and white clerical collar....
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Indian Fire Dance

Date: 1952
Description: A Native American man performing a fire dance at Camp Decorah.
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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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Playground Games

Date: 1968
Description: Children and adults having a tug of war during a play day at Marquette School. A fence and dwellings are in the background.
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Boy and Bullfrog

Date: 08 1969
Description: A young boy is amazed as he holds a big bullfrog.
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Pottery Class

Date: 1970
Description: A woman is throwing a pot on the wheel in a pottery class.
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Traditional Ways

Date: 1976
Description: A young native American woman is sitting on the ground holding her infant in a cradleboard on her lap, a traditional way to protect and transport babies. S...
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Acrobat School

Date: 1976
Description: A girl tries some acrobatic moves on a rope at Acrobat School, Circus World Museum, a Wisconsin Historical Society site. The silhouette of another acrobat ...
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Portrait of Woman

Date: 02 26 1919
Description: Full-length portrait of a young woman in a white dress standing outdoors. There is a building in the background.
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Spectators' Sport

Date: 1978
Description: Boys playing cards in the stands at a basketball game.
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Affirmative Action

Date: 1976
Description: A woman and a man are working on a road construction crew, with a dump truck full of sand behind them. They are wearing work clothes and hard hats. In the ...
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Upbeat

Date: 1977
Description: A young woman conducting a music group at a concert. Musicians are in the foreground, and in the background is an audience.
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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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"Miss Lulu Bett"

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Description: Still from the 1922 film "Miss Lulu Bett". Lois Wilson and Theodore Roberts look at each other while Milton Sills looks suspiciously at Roberts. The three ...
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Myrna Loy in "Ham and Eggs at the Front"

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Description: Myrna Loy, who played the Sengalese spy Fifi in the 1927 film "Ham and Eggs at the Front", poses for a photograph. Loy is wearing a black curly wig and bla...
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Scene from "Graustark"

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Description: Grenfall Lorry (Eugene O'Brien) and Princess Yetive (Norma Talmadge) embrace in a scene from the 1925 film "Graustark". Yetive wears a wedding dress and ve...
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Scene from "Graustark"

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Description: Grenfall Lorry (Eugene O'Brien) kisses and nuzzles the hand of Princess Yetive (Norma Talmadge) in a scene from the 1925 film "Graustark". The two are dres...
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Greta Garbo and Clarence Brown

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Description: Greta Garbo and director Clarence Brown sit at a table on the set of the 1930 film "Anna Christie". They both are looking up at a microphone.
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Aline MacMahon

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Description: Publicity photograph of actress Aline MacMahon. She sits with her shoulder to the camera and looks over her shoulder to the side. Her face and shoulder a...
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Family and Baby in Grass

Date: 1874
Description: Detail from original of part of the family. Original caption reads: "Family seated around table in yard with baby on grass and brick house with porch trim ...

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