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Transportation Safety for Children

Date: 06 17 1986
Description: A group of children on "hot cycles," a form of young children's transportation, are being instructed on the rules of pedestrian and bicycle transportation ...
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Wounded Men Disembarking from Hospital Ship

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Description: Wounded soldiers are led from the USS Samaritan, a hospital ship.
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Loading Wounded Soldier onto Ship

Date: 1945
Description: Overhead view of men loading a wounded soldier onto a hospital ship.
Map or Atlas

Le Canada

Date: 1656
Description: Copperplate engraving, Paris.
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Deck of USS Samaritan

Date: 1945
Description: View from the deck of the hospital ship, the USS Samaritan, at sea. There are other ships and a shoreline in the background.
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Men in Jeep, Cuban Revolution

Date: 1958
Description: 26th of July Movement soldiers during the Cuban Revolution. Three men are around a jeep listening to the driver speak. There is a stack of firearms in the...
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Sunrise Aboard the USS Relief

Date: 04 1945
Description: The sunrise aboard the USS Relief in the China Sea. The mast and bow of the ship are pointed eastward, into the fog and towards the rising sun.
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Rod Serling Sitting on Car

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Description: Rod Serling sits shirtless on the hood of a car.
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Northwest Milwaukee

Date: 1964
Description: Elevated view of a northwest section of the city.
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Douglas Fairbanks and a Stutz Bearcat Automobile

Date: 1918
Description: Silent film star Douglas Fairbanks stands in the cockpit of a Stutz Bearcat roadster.
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Elevated View of Buildings

Date: 1964
Description: Elevated view of the city looking south and west.
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Rudolph Valentino with Voisin Car

Date: 1923
Description: Rudolph Valentino and his wife Natacha Rambova pose with their Voisin automobile.
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"Destination Moon" Still

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Description: Still from the film 1950 film "Destination Moon." The rocket ship is sitting on the lunar landscape.
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U.S. Special Forces

Date: 1961
Description: View from rear of several shirtless soldiers running up a hill towards an Air America chopper about to land with a new supply of American soldiers in Ban H...
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Manitowoc, Wisconsin Bird's-eye Map

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye map of Manitowoc.
Map or Atlas

Partie occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou Canada / Par Mr. Bellin, ingenieur de la marine.

Date: 1755
Description: Hand-colored. Paris: 1755. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000].
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Marines with a Helicopter

Date: 1960
Description: Marines running out of a helicopter in Vietnam.
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Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman Bicycling

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Description: Magazine clipping of Ronald Reagan and first wife Jane Wyman bicycling together.
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Father Towing his Son

Date: 03 27 1989
Description: Father on a bicycle towing son on a scooter.
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Post Office

Date: 01 13 1968
Description: Post Office workers in mail room.

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