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| Date: | 10 27 1915 |
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| Description: | Four impoverished men hired by "The Medical Review of Reviews" carry signs with the eugenics slogans, "I am a burden to myself and the State. Should I be a... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union on March 29, 1951, and sentenced to death. The climate surrounding their trial wa... |
| Date: | 11 24 1953 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and Francis P. Carr at the first public session of the investigation of espionage at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Carr read into ... |
| Date: | 04 13 1926 |
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| Description: | International Model 63 truck operated by the Sunrise Storage Company - "Movers, Packers, Shippers." |
| Date: | 01 23 1926 |
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| Description: | Two men loading merchandise into the covered bed of an International Model 63 truck operated by the E.B. Latham & Company - "Electrical & Radio Merchandise... |
| Date: | 07 19 1926 |
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| Description: | Men loading cut firewood from a large pile onto the back of an International Model S truck used by the Benj. E. Weeks Firewood Company. |
| Date: | 02 11 1927 |
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| Description: | A man loads newspapers onto an International Model S truck used by "The Wall Street News". Text on the truck reads: "The Wall Street News; Published by the... |
| Date: | 11 1926 |
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| Description: | A driver sits behind the wheel of an International Model S truck used by Keller's Bakery of Brooklyn as a man loads a tray of goods into the back. The stor... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Three construction workers standing near a truck outside the office for the Sand Chapter of Mechanical Contractors at the construction site for the World T... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A man in the foreground walks past a wire fence with plywood at the construction site. A sign in the background reads, "Marchi for Mayor," and the portion ... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A construction worker leans back while pulling on a large rope. Construction equipment, supplies, and signs are in the background. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A sign reads that a business has "Moved to 132 Greenwich St. (one block south)." Along with the written description, there is a small map to show where the... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A notification is on a window that reads, "Beer or other alcoholic beverages will not be permitted to pass through this gate." Beyond the gate, the World T... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | View of a "Road Closed" sign with a sticker on it that reads, "Procaccino / Beame * Smith." |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Sign on street is protesting the Gimbels department store. Underneath the large text, it reads, "Gimbels, in building over the already inadequate 86 IRT Le... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a handmade sign reading: "Baehm Paper Co. moved to 53 Murray St. Four blocks north, 212 CO-7 1893." Someone has added a graffiti swastika on th... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Two construction workers wearing hardhats stand outside a storefront while on a break. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Upper portion of the facade of an old, run-down building. Faded letters frame an old window or door say: "City of New York / Dept. of Docks." |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A group of construction workers gather to listen to a speaker near the office for the Sand Chapter of Mechanical Contractors at the construction site for t... |
| Date: | 06 11 1924 |
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| Description: | International Model "63" truck operated by Morea Bros. of Bronx, New York. There is a man in the driver's seat, and the truck is on a cobblestone street wi... |
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