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Dickey Chapelle and King Hussein

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle seated on a sofa photographing King Hussein, who is seated across from her in a chair.
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Dickey Chapelle with FLN

Date: 08 1957
Description: Photographer Dickey Chapelle sits with Algerian members of the National Liberation Front dressed as a member of the FLN. She is wearing a head scarf and ho...
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Dickey Chapelle and Family

Date: 12 25 1943
Description: Informal portrait of Dickey Chapelle (back left), her husband Tony Chapelle (back center), her brother Bob Meyer (back right), and her parents Paul Meyer a...
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Dickey Chapelle Taking Cover

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle in Lebanon wearing camouflaged clothing and a helmet crouched low to the ground and holding a camera. She is next to and behind a soldier w...
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Algerian Landscape

Date: 08 1957
Description: Trees and rock formations in the Algerian desert.
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Dickey Chapelle Receiving Polk Award

Date: 04 13 1962
Description: Dickey Chapelle receiving the George Polk Memorial Award from William Lawrence of The New York Times at the Waldorf Astoria.
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Dickey Chapelle Prepares for a Jump

Date: 1963
Description: Dickey Chapelle being outfitted with a parachute in preparation for a jump from a plane at Fort Bragg.
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Refugees Crossing Over

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Description: Refugees crossing over into Hungary.
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FLN Member Jumping with Knife

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian member of the National Liberation Front poses as 'attacking' Dickey Chapelle from a boulder in the desert. He is jumping off a boulder with a l...
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FLN Members with NATO Bomb

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian National Liberation Front members show an unexploded bomb to Dickey Chapelle, proving NATO's involvement in the war. The men are crouched around t...
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Dickey Chapelle with Donkey

Date: 1945
Description: Dickey Chapelle wearing a heavy coat and kneeling to feed hay to a donkey next to a cart on a street in a city in Geurande, France. She has a camera around...
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Dead Body

Date: 1958
Description: Bloated corpse of a man lying on rocky ground in Jordan.
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Wounded South Vietnamese Soldier

Date: 1961
Description: Soldier assisting a wounded South Vietnamese soldier.
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FLN Member "Attacking"

Date: 08 1957
Description: A National Liberation Front member wearing fatigues is pretending to attack Dickey Chapelle in the Algerian Desert. He is running and holding his bayonet i...
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Portrait of Dickey Chapelle by Colleague

Date: 
Description: Outdoor portrait of Dickey Chapelle. "When I had earned my Vietnamese paratrooper wings (left pocket in picture), I was also given a special jump pack desi...
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Chapelle Selfie

Date: 1962
Description: Dickie Chapelle self-portrait in Vietnam. A shot we would currently call a "selfie." She is outdoors and wears a hat and smokes a cigarette.
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Dickey Chapelle at Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle taking photographs on the beach in Milwaukee during Operation Inland Seas. A Navy ship is on Lake Michigan in the background on the left. A...
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Communication Line at Guatanamo

Date: 1960
Description: Soldier at a field call box in Guantanamo, Cuba.
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Cuban Rebels

Date: 1959
Description: Three Cuban rebels seated at a table. One of the men is using a typewriter.
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Guantanamo, North East Gate

Date: 1959
Description: Night view of the northeast gate of the U.S. base at Guantanamo.

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