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| Date: | 11 24 1953 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and Francis P. Carr at the first public session of the investigation of espionage at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Carr read into ... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Senator John F. Kennedy campaigning at a labor rally. |
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| Description: | A group of immigrants pose in front of a tall Christmas tree at Ellis Island. |
| Date: | 02 03 1964 |
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| Description: | The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth speaks to the 1964 annual meeting of the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) after being elected president of the organ... |
| Date: | 09 28 1878 |
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| Description: | An illustration depicting well-dressed ferry passengers depositing money in the yellow fever box at Fulton Ferry. A sign reads: "Contributions recieved ( |
| Date: | 04 1949 |
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| Description: | Dorothy Dignam, one of the first women employed in the advertising business, speaking to the survey course of advertising offered by the Advertising Women ... |
| Date: | 1776 |
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| Description: | Fairly detailed map of New York City and parts of Long Island. It shows streets, roads, wharves, ferries, ship yards, Fort George and the battery, public b... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes that shows the product name being written as a smoke trail above New York City. The campaign was devised for the... |
| Date: | 05 26 1959 |
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| Description: | Eleanor Roosevelt speaks at a fund-raising event for SCEF, the Southern Conference Educational Fund, held at the Hotel Delmonico. She praised SCEF particul... |
| Date: | 09 21 1924 |
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| Description: | Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., waves to the crowd at the close of a presidential campaign speech at Yankee Stadium. Robert M. La Follette, Jr., is be... |
| Date: | 12 27 1957 |
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| Description: | Edward R. Murrow, standing near the banner, speaks to a special Overseas Press Club luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria honoring CBS correspondents. Immediatel... |
| Date: | 11 08 1928 |
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| Description: | Amelia Earhart (first row, right), the speaker for a meeting of the Advertising Women of New York. Elsie Wilson, president of the club is seated next to he... |
| Date: | 1789 |
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| Description: | Map of New York City showing ward boundaries, ferries, streets, roads, swamps, ponds, and rivers. The properties of Lispinard, Byards, Jones, Rutgers, and ... |
| Date: | 05 20 1927 |
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| Description: | Charles Lindbergh receiving encouragement from an unidentified spectator as the "Spirit of St. Louis" is prepared for take off. Described by some as a fly... |
| Date: | 10 12 1953 |
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| Description: | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and his new bride, the former Jean Kerr, arrive at the federal building in New York City where a hearing concerning security ris... |
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| Description: | Center spread of a 12 page booklet named "Homes for tomorrow's happy living." The illustration is of a father, seated on the ground, and a mother, seated i... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A group of construction workers gather to listen to a speaker near the office for the Sand Chapter of Mechanical Contractors at the construction site for t... |
| Date: | 06 11 1924 |
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| Description: | International Model "63" truck operated by Morea Bros. of Bronx, New York. There is a man in the driver's seat, and the truck is on a cobblestone street wi... |
| Date: | 03 1949 |
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| Description: | Pauline Frederick (center in the fur coat), then the only woman news broadcaster at ABC, was one of many prominent women who addressed the Advertising Wome... |
| Date: | 1988 |
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| Description: | Brian Willson, Vietnam veteran who lost both legs during a demonstration in 1987, holds up his arm to give the peace sign to audience at a New York peace c... |
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