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Date: | 1932 |
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Description: | African American man operating an experimental two-row cotton picker in a field. |
Date: | 09 1917 |
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Description: | South Carolina convicts building a road at Camp Wadsworth near Spartenberg in preparation for the camp's use as a National Guard training camp. The prisone... |
Date: | 1971 |
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Description: | Portrait of Vel Phillips in her judges's black robe with an American flag behind her. She was the 13th District Children's Court judge, the first woman and... |
Date: | 1858 |
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Description: | "One of the most interesting expeditions which I have ever made in my life was a trip on a hand-car," Hölzlhuber wrote. Julius Movius, the General Agent fo... |
Date: | 1859 |
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Description: | Hölzlhuber felt his most interesting experiences in America were his interactions with southern slavery. "My sketch here shows a negro family as I saw them... |
Date: | 1893 |
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Description: | Studio portrait of Mrs. William W. "Fannie" Hendricks in formal dress, including a fur scarf and feather hat, in front of a painted backdrop. |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | A studio portrait of Mr. William W. Hendricks, a Black River Falls barber, dressed in his best, posing in front of a painted backdrop. |
Date: | 08 28 1957 |
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Description: | Jubilant Proxmire supporters dance in the streets in Milwaukee after Democrat William Proxmire won the special election to fill the seat left vacant by the... |
Date: | 10 16 1948 |
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Description: | Slightly elevated view of a group of African American families sitting along a long table, celebrating a birthday party at the Workmens Circle Clubhouse, 4... |
Date: | 05 07 1964 |
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Description: | Americus Kates, 10, surveys the candy case before making his selections. |
Date: | 04 05 1981 |
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Description: | 400 people march to a rally where they demand that the birthday of Martin Luther King, (January 15) be declared a national holiday. |
Date: | 10 31 1977 |
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Description: | Thousands of people from the inner city flocked to a Halloween Party given to help keep children off the street during the holiday. |
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Description: | Daisy Bates speaking at the podium at a breakfast given in her honor at the Sheraton Plaza. |
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Description: | Portrait of Daisy Bates wearing a dark dress and beaded earrings and necklace. |
Date: | 09 26 1957 |
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Description: | Daisy Bates looks out from her front window as members of the 101st Airborne Division prepare to escort members of the "Little Rock Nine" to Central High S... |
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Description: | Daisy Bates outside her home with four of the Little Rock Nine. The students are Elizabeth Eckford, Minnijean Brown, Melba Pattillo, and Thelma Mothershed. |
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Description: | Daisy Bates watching Governor Faubus on television. |
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Description: | Daisy Bates, president of the Arkansas NAACP chapters, at the door of the organization's office. She headed the integration effort during the crisis at Cen... |
Date: | 1969 |
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Description: | Two construction workers jackhammer through a sidewalk at the construction site of the World Trade Center. |
Date: | 04 27 1963 |
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Description: | Charles Sherrod and Carl Braden looking over a "Time for Action" paper. |
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