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Patrol Officer

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Description: A patrol officer looks at his compass as he smokes a cigarette.
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Soldier with Compass

Date: 07 1942
Description: A patrol officer from the 14th Infantry, based in Fort Davis, Panama, follows his compass through the jungle. The patrol officer has a small cigarette in o...
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Crewman on Deck

Date: 06 1942
Description: A crew member on deck of the United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa Marta while in the Caribbean. He is wearing a white, sleeveless t-shirt and pants wit...
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Crewman in Bunk

Date: 06 1942
Description: A member of the United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa Marta relaxing in his bunk while reading a book in Spanish and smoking a cigarette. The man is on ...
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Soldiers with Stuck Jeep

Date: 1942
Description: Soldiers from the 14th Infantry work to move a stuck Jeep from deep mud. One man in uniform with a cigarette in his mouth is leaning down over the wheel ho...
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John Gilbert with Pipe

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of actor John Gilbert with a pipe in his mouth.
Historical Object

Harry Morey Pennant

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Description: Brown felt pennant featuring a photograph of silent film actor Harry Morey. The small photograph shows Morey wearing a hat and holding a cigar in his hand ...
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Old West-themed Reunion

Date: 08 17 1989
Description: A man and a woman posing together. Both are wearing cowboy/cowgirl costumes and riding hobby horses. Caption reads: "With the Old West as the theme, family...
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John Ford and John Wayne

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Description: Director John Ford and John Wayne stand next to each other and an unidentified man on the set of the 1939 film Stagecoach. A stagecoach, with a camera and...
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John Ford

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Description: Head and torso photograph of director John Ford. He is wearing a large cowboy hat, glasses, scarf and jacket. Ford has a pipe in his mouth and has an int...
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John Ford and John Wayne

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Description: Director John Ford stands next to and looks at John Wayne on the set of the 1939 film Stagecoach. Wayne looks straight ahead. Ford smokes a pipe.
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John Ford and Tim Holt

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Description: Director John Ford walks next to actor Tim Holt who is riding a horse on the set of the 1939 film Stagecoach. Ford wears a beret and light colored jacket,...
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Agnes Moorehead and Lionel Barrymore

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Description: Agnes Moorehead sits across a small table and leans toward Lionel Barrymore. Two large radio microphones hang in-between them. The two were part of the r...

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