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William Freeman Vilas

Date: 1858
Description: Portrait of William Freeman Vilas (1840-1908), Civil War and United States Senator, taken while he was a student at the University of Wisconsin.
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First Attempt to Enter Central High School by the Little Rock Nine

Date: 09 04 1957
Description: First attempt of the Little Rock Nine to enter Central High School. They were denied entrance by the Arkansas National Guard who had been called up by Gove...
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Lewis Arms in Military Hat

Date: 12 25 1942
Description: hand-colored portrait of 15-year-old Lewis Arms wearing a neck scarf and military uniform hat.
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Lewis Arms with his Mother and Sister

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Description: Lewis Arms, who is wearing his Navy uniform, poses with his mother Mamie (Arms) Hall, and his sister, Nedra Arms.
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Lewis Arms on Graduation Day

Date: 1943
Description: Lewis Arms poses in his Navy uniform holding a rifle on the day he graduated from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
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Lewis Arms at Age 17

Date: 1946
Description: A portrait of Lewis Arms at the age of 17 wearing his Navy uniform. There is an inscription that reads, "To Mom & Pop Berry with Love," referring to his ne...
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Robert Doyle and a Student

Date: 02 24 1945
Description: Robert Doyle poses next to a young woman from the London Missionary Society School, Tutuila Mission, located on Tutuila, American Samoa. She is wearing a w...

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