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| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Actor John Wayne chats with driver Jim De Shon in an International Travelall sound truck on the set of "The Horse Soldiers". Owned by Goldwyn Studios and h... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | View of an African American farmer cultivating a cotton field with a stage I McCormick Farmall Super MD tractor. The tractor is equipped with a cultivator ... |
| Date: | 09 19 1955 |
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| Description: | Roy Bryant, one of the two men charged with the murder of Emmett Till who had allegedly whistled at Bryant's wife, Carolyn. She sits at Bryant's right, and... |
| Date: | 09 19 1955 |
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| Description: | Roy Bryant, and his half-brother J.W. Milam, (left to right) with their attorney on the opening day of their trial for the murder of Emmett Till. The 14-ye... |
| Date: | 09 1955 |
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| Description: | Rev. Moses Wright and his son Simon outside the Sumner courthouse where two white men were on trial for the murder of 14 year-old Emmett Till (Wright's nep... |
| Date: | 09 22 1955 |
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| Description: | Willie Reed, an 18-year-old "surprise" witness who bravely testified during the murder trial of 14-year-old Emmett Till, correctly identifying the white de... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | A group of African Americans in the courtroom at the Emmett Till murder trial. The 14-year-old Till, who was visiting Mississippi from Chicago, was murdere... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "UD-9A — Oil Field Pumping." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "International UD-9 engine owned by Overton Refining Co., Kilgo... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "TD-24 — Mines." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "In stripping overburden from a seam of coal for the Taylor & Lee Coal Co. ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "TD-24 — Road Building." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "TD-24 and B-E S-152 scoop are doing the final grading on a highway... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "TD-24 — Pipe Lines." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "TD-24 superior pipe boom owned by H.C. Price Company, Bartlesville, O... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View towards a man inside a building with cotton gins. Subject: "UD-24 — Cotton Gins." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Koss... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View towards a man working with cotton. Subject: "UD-24 — Cotton Gins." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Kossuth Gin Co., Ko... |
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