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| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Author Alex Haley autographing a copy of his best selling book, Roots, during a visit to Spottsylvania County, Virginia, where his ancestor Kunte Ki... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Author Alex Haley and actor LeVar Burton visit the grave of Haley's ancestor, the slave Kunte Kinte, in Spottsylvania County, Virginia. In the television ... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Franklin J. Schnaffner, director of "The Boys from Brazil" (Fox, 1978). Schnaffner is looking through the viewfinder of a Panaflex camera. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Franklin J. Schnaffner, director of "The Boys from Brazil" (Fox, 1978) in a quarter-length portrait taken during production. He wears a dark cap. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | A family of twelve posing in a room; some are sitting and some are standing. Caption reads: "The Laotian family in Milwaukee posed for a portrait Monday. T... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | The Deer Park Buddhist Center summer seminar at Edgewood College. Including the following visiting teachers, among others, HH Tsong Rinpoche, Geshe L Sopa,... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Electric Light Orchestra's (ELO) stage prop space ship opening up with the band inside. This was at the beginning of a concert at the ... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | A girl is riding her bike through a puddle created by melting snow. She is holding her feet up off the pedals, away from the splashing water. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Boys playing cards in the stands at a basketball game. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | A group of senior citizens, all men, playing cards at a picnic table in an outdoor setting. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | A raccoon is clinging to the protective grillwork of a screen door, peering into a house. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | A young man is sitting on a football in the grass with his head down resting on his arms which are crossed over his knees. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | A vegetable seller waiting with her produce behind an old stove. |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | An older woman is splitting wood on a farm. She is wearing a dress and apron. |
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