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| Date: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | The cemetery for the war dead on Guam. The body of a fighting man who died of wounds received during the battle for Iwo Jima is being lowered into the eart... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | An open streetcar labeled Fair Oaks sitting near Forest Hills Cemetery, which was then the end of the line. The motorman has been identified as Jack Schwen... |
| 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: | 1919 |
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| Description: | International model "F" "31" truck operated by Striplins Transfer of Litchfield. A male driver is in the truck which is parked on a city street between a ... |
| Date: | 11 07 1949 |
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| Description: | Robert Higgins, assistant caretaker of Holy Cross cemetery, is shown attempting to repair the damage caused by vandals. About 12 small monuments near the ... |
| Date: | 11 1964 |
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| Description: | Delegates from the International Labor Press Association place a marker on the grave of President John F. Kennedy to mark the first anniversary of his deat... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Boilermakers and their helpers pose on and around a horse-drawn wagon that bears a sign that reads "Boiler-makers and Helpers," perhaps for a parade. Man o... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Digging for bodies in a mass grave near Lemberg, Poland, where German civilians were killed by the Poles during the Nazi invasion. American journalist Alvi... |
| Date: | 07 15 1957 |
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| Description: | Cemetery caretaker M.F. Chapman points to an undeveloped area west of the veterans' section at Forest Hill Cemetery that has become filled with wood debris... |
| Date: | 08 1918 |
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| Description: | Workers at the site of two graves discovered on Bascom Hill in front of Main Hall (now Bascom Hall). One man sprays water from a hose. The disturbed soil o... |
| Date: | 07 25 1925 |
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| Description: | View from side of road looking down at a man using a dump truck for road construction. The truck is dumping material in front of a large machine. Men are w... |
| Date: | 07 25 1925 |
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| Description: | View from side of road of a line of trucks on a road. There is a large piece of machinery in the background where men are working. In the background is a c... |
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