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Man Posing in Old Car

Date: 1918
Description: A man poses behind the wheel of a car in the foreground. In the background on the left two women are on the porch of a building with a false front. In the ...
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Men in Front of Brown Corliss Engine Company Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Several men posing in front of the newly constructed Brown Corliss Engine Co. machine factory. Caption reads: "Corliss, Wis. About 1901. Men in front of ma...
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War Bride and Groom Back From Spain

Date: 01 04 1938
Description: A man and woman are seated in front of a flag and next to two posters. Caption reads: "War Bride and Groom Back From Spain. New York, N.Y. — Captain Hans A...
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Hans and Thomas Amlie

Date: 01 19 1938
Description: Two men are seated next to each other. Caption reads: "Washington, Jan. 19.--Visiting his brother, Representative Thomas R. Amlie, Democrat, of Wisconsin, ...
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His Monument to be Moved Five Miles

Date: 1863
Description: Portrait of Oakes Ames, a Republican Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd district, 1863-1873. By President Abraham Lincoln...
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William Lafayette Ames

Date: 1911
Description: Waist-up portrait of William Lafayette Ames, a farmer from Oregon. William was the great-grandson of Revolutionary War veteran Nathaniel Ames. He served in...
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Dean Amhaus

Date: 1992
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Dean Amhaus, around the time he became Executive Director of the Wisconsin Arts Board. Amhaus served on the Wisconsin Arts Board...
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This Train For Racine

Date: 1900
Description: Several men pose on a station platform in front of a locomotive and railroad car at the end of the railroad tracks. A man standing in the center is wearing...
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J.H. Ames

Date: 1937
Description: Waist-up portrait of Jesse Hazen "J.H." Ames, president of the River Falls Normal School (1917-1927), and its successor the River Falls State Teachers Coll...
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Fisher Ames

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Description: Engraved lithographic waist-up portrait of Fisher Ames posed sitting in a chair holding a book. He was a Federalist politician. He was a member of the Mass...
Drawing

Fisher Ames

Date: 1864
Description: Engraved lithographic portrait of Fisher Ames, a Federalist politician. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1788, then a membe...
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Canadian Defense Fund Conference

Date: 1957
Description: A man stands at a podium for the King Edward Sheraton hotel. Other people are behind him. Caption reads: "Main speaker at the recent Canadian Defense Fund ...
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First Annual Convention, North Carolina State AFL-CIO

Date: 03 1958
Description: A man stands at a podium. He is TWUA General President William Pollock. Caption reads: "1st Annual Convention. North Carolina State A.F.L.-C.I.O. Park Cent...
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Meeting with Heinz Ruhnau

Date: 05 1973
Description: Twelve men are seated or standing in a dining room. Caption reads: "Mtg with Heinz Ruhnau, Senator for Internal Affairs of Hamburg."
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Delegates Registering at ICFTU Conference

Date: 01 1951
Description: Several men are seated at a table, some of them filling out forms. Others people are in the background. Caption reads: "U.S. delegates registering at ICFTU...
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Dixie Story

Date: 1957
Description: Elevated view of a man speaking at a podium and groups of people sitting at tables around the room. A banner suspended from a balcony reads: "Industrial Re...
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Textile Leaders

Date: 02 03 1951
Description: Two men are seated at a table. One is looking at the other. Caption reads: "TEXTILE LEADERS met at Western hemisphere conference of International Confedera...
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Second Biennial Convention

Date: 04 1941
Description: Three men are posing shaking hands. Caption reads: "Second Biennial Convention. Textile Workers Union of America. C.I.O. Hotel Capitol - New York City - Ap...
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Light Moment

Date: 06 26 1954
Description: A man is standing at a podium and smiling. Two other men are seated near him and also smiling. Caption reads: "LIGHT MOMENT at testimonial dinner finds the...
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Organizing's Even More Important

Date: 1954
Description: A man stands at a podium and speaks into a microphone. Two men are seated in the background. Caption reads: "ORGANIZING'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, Executive Vi...

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