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| Description: | Survivors of the Titanic sinking with Congressman William J. Cary and his Secretary, Richard P. Momsen, in front of the United States Capitol. |
| Date: | 07 11 1967 |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire jogging on the mall in front of the U.S. Capitol. Proxmire was a physical fitness advocate, and he was well known for his daily ru... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Washington Island, including field and fence, with buildings, automobiles, and a large ship in the distance. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | School and war memorial on Washington Island. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | One of the four harbors on Washington Island. There is a man on a pier or dock in the foreground, and a boat approaching on the left. A tree-lined shorelin... |
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| Description: | Engraving of the plan for Washington, D.C., drawn by E. Sachse and engraved by M. Hart for the Progress of the Republic. The engraving appears on a letter ... |
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| Description: | U.S. Senator and former Wisconsin Governor, Gaylord Nelson, standing on a sidewalk with the United States Capitol building in the background. |
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| Description: | Myles Horton dreaming under the National Capitol building during the Poor People's Campaign. |
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| Description: | Civil rights activist Anne Braden speaking to a rally that was called by the National Anti-Klan Network, an organization of which she was a founder. |
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| Description: | Senator William Proxmire strolls on the Capitol lawn wearing a suit and necktie. |
| Date: | 04 1862 |
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| Description: | Stationery depicting the fortifications around Washington, D.C., during the second year of the Civil War: Arlington Heights, directly across the Potomac Ri... |
| Date: | 08 1861 |
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| Description: | Large-format, illustrated stationery purchased by Rudolph Fine, a member of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry in August, 1861, showing the Capitol (in actuality, ... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Publicity portrait of journalists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak taken outside the White House. Their long-running newspaper column was entitled Inside ... |
| Date: | 10 18 1964 |
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| Description: | View of a side wall and rear entrance of a small country home owned by Mrs. Kay Curtis. A collection of yard tools hang from the siding near a screen door,... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting Washington, D.C. as "the city that every American should know," and to get there by way of train travel. The poster depict... |
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| Description: | A view of the Capitol Building from the East front showing extended stone stairs, exterior columns, bas-relief, the dome and the stone plaza in front. |
| Date: | 02 10 1956 |
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| Description: | Senator Wiley and Mrs. John Nance Garner, wife of the Vice President, stand on either side of a woman holding a basket and sitting on the world's largest c... |
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| Description: | A textbook print of the facade of the Old Stone Courthouse, taken from the path leading up to the building. There is also an inset image of an unidentified... |
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