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Fires Still Smoulder on Twelfth Street.

One press photo of bird's eye view from 12th street in Detroit. Wire transfer describes smoke emitting and turmoil between the army and snipers. On reverse side are stamps, "Racial/Detroit," and "Received Examiner Reference Library, July 28, 1967."

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Crews Cleaning Up Riot Damage.

One press photo of vehicle and people cleaning up damage in a street in Detroit, Michigan. Wire information describes a gas line burning. On reverse side are stamps, "Racial/Detroit," and "Received Examiner Reference Library, July 28, 1967."

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Crews Cleaning Up Riot Damage.

One press photo of postman walking through streets filled with rubble. Wire transfer details that he was making his rounds and the violence from the riots had gone on for two days. Markings on image indicate where to crop. On reverse side are stamps...

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Detroit.

One press photo of hotel guest, William A. Keller stood next to Mrs. Helen Hall when she was killed by snipers the previous evening. Image shows bullet holes that entered hotel room. On reverse side are stamps "Racial/Detroit," and "Received Examiner...

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Humanitarianism's Ironic Reward.

One press photo of group children sitting at a table of white adults. Markings indicate where to crop the image. On reverse side contains the printed newsclipping which describes a white family that took in a black family after riots destroyed their...

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Occupants of Detroit apartment building lie on pavement...

One press photo of residents of Detroit apartment building lie on their stomachs as police look for snipers on street. Markings indicate where to crop the image. On reverse side is a printed newsclipping attributed to Associated Press.

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Detroit.

One press photo of a man peering into the backside of car's broken window. Wire transmission describes that the National Guardsmen took away "3 shaggy-haired white youths," found with snipers' arsenal. On reverse side are stamps "Racial Segregation...

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National Guardsman's Lonely Vigil on Pinegree Street.

One press photo of rubble-ridden neighborhood, and one soldier walking amidst the mess. Markings indicate where to crop the image. On reverse side are stamps "Racial Segregation/Detroit, Mich." and "Received Examiner Reference Library, July 31, 1967...

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Detroit.

One press photograph composed of two images illustrating the difference in street life before and after mandated curfew. Wire transfer describes the curfew was lifted by Governor Romney and later reinstalled due to onlookers. On reverse side are...

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Detroit.

One press photo of policeman in a room of appliances and other items. Wire transfer describes that Lieutenant Alfred McGhee writes on a tag attached to a TV set. His location in the image is a gymnasium of restored stolen items from the Detroit riots...

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Lindberg Birthplace Spared.

One press photo of National Guardsmen guarding the birthplace home of Charles Lindberg. More security was called for after the home next door was set on fire. On reverse side are stamps, "Racial Segregation/Detroit, Mich." and "Received Examiner...

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Twelfth Street, Detroit.

One press photo of Twelfth Street in Detroit, Michigan. Displayed are two images taken days apart to show the visual difference after the riots took place. On reverse side are stamps, "Racial Segregation/Detroit, Mich." and "Received Examiner...

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Guard Leaves, But Sorrow Stays.

One press photo of National Guard leaving Detroit, Michigan. A woman in the image watches with a child. Wire transfer details that Tanya Lynn Blanding, 4 years old, was killed by police or National Guard's bullet. 200 people attended her funeral. On...

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Rioters rampaged through streets...

One press photo of crowds running through a street in Detroit. Above wire transmission is a note that the image would be use to report on the president's commission on riots. Photo attributed to AP Wirephoto. On reverse side is a stamp, "Received...

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After the Shooting--Police Check Fallen Demonstrators.

One press photo of two black men on the ground while policeman hover pointing weapons at them. Markings on image indicate where to crop and highlight features. On reverse side is a psated newsclipping with note "racial/Louisiana." Clipping details...

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Detroit Demonstrators March While President Nixon Addresses Economic Club.

One press photo of group protesters marching on Detroit street after two children were killed by police. Editorial markings on image indicate where to crop. On reverse side is a pasted newsclipping, "Racial Seg./Detroit, Mich." and "Received Examiner...

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Arlington, VA

One exterior shot of Martin Luther King Jr., among 1,500 members of a group known as, "Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam." In this group are regonized religious leaders of Christian and Jewish faith. Background of photograph features the...

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Detroit

One telephoto entitled "Detroit," printed by United Press International dated May 4, 1964. The image depicts a line of protesters picketing in front of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. Wire transfer information details that 300...

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Rochester, N.Y.

One telephoto entitled "Rochester, N.Y." printed by United Press International dated July 25, 1964. Depicts four Black men posed infront of a sign that reads "Freedom Now."

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Selma, Ala.

One telephoto entitled, "Selma, Ala." taken by the UPI dated February 25, 1965. Image is of a crowd of African Americans standing before Wilson Baker, safety director, in the forefront of the photograph with his back to the viewer. Pictured in Selma...

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Washington

One telephoto entitled, "Washington" printed by United Press International dated June 15, 1964. Image is of relgious leaders marching in Washington D.C. in front of the U.S. Capitol. Signs held by protester reads, "Pass Civil Rights Bill Now for Full...

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Danville, Va.

One telephoto entitled, "Danville, Va." taken by UPI dated June 10, 1963. Image is Black protesters marching down a street. Wire transfer information states the protesters pictured were en route to a desegregation rally.

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Berkeley, Calif.

One telephoto entitled, "Berkeley, Calif.," taken by UPI dated March 9, 1965. Image is of a crowd of protesters with city buildings visible in the background. Wire transfer information states that protest took place from UC Berkeley to Oakland City...

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Chicago

One telephoto entitled, "Chicago" taken by UPI dated March 10, 1965. Image is of protesters being arrested. A police officer drags a woman from the road. While others sit against a bus. One protester is speaking into a megaphone. Onlookers stand in...

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Chicago

One telephoto entitled, "Chicago" taken by UPI dated June 10, 1965. Image is of protesters walking down Balboa Drive in Chicago. They are pictured marching hand-in-hand in rows. Wire transfer information states that the protest was organized against...

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Chicago

One telephoto entitled, "Chicago" taken by UPI dated June 29, 1965. Image is of protestors lying down on a street in Chicago. A man stands above them holding out a microphone. Police officers and cars visible in the background. Wire transfer...

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Little Rock

One telephoto entitled, "Little Rock," taken by UPI dated September 23, 1957. Image is of three police officers carrying a man by his hands and feet. Wire transfer information states that riots had taken place after nine Black students were blocked...

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Little Rock, Ark.

One telephoto entitled "Little Rock, Ark.," taken by UPI dated September 25, 1957. Image is of the Little Rock Nine being escorted into Central High School by the National Guard. Wire transfer information states that paratroopers escroted nine Black...

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Little Rock School Stays Shut

One telephoto entitled, "Little Rock Schools Stay Shut," taken by the Associated Press dated September 30, 1958. Images is of a sign in front of Little Rock Central High School that reads, "This school closed by order of the federal government." Four...

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New York School Boycotts

One photograph entitled, "New York," taken by United Press International dated February 3, 1964. Features protestors marching across the Brooklyn Bridge, holding posters calling for the end of segregation and for equal opportunity education. Caption...

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[Photograph of Police Fighting with CORE Demonstrators on Triborough Bridge, New York]

One photograph entitled, "New York," taken by United Press International dated March 7, 1964. Image is of police removing Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) demonstrators from New York's Triborough Bridge. Seen in the background are cars in traffic...

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[Photograph of Civil Rights Protest at World Fair Grounds]

One photograph taken by United Press International dated April 4, 1964. Image is of demonstrators lying down in the road outside the Flushing Meadow World's Fairgrounds. There are multiple police officers pictured as well. The caption explains that...

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New York

One photograph by United Press International dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a woman being assisted by three policemen. Wire transfer information states she was injured during a riot in Harlem, described as a "debris-and-missile-throwing melee."...

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New York

One photograph entitled, "New York," taken by United Press International dated July 19, 1964. Photograph features two images of police officers. The first image is of an officer kneeling behind a tree with his gun drawn. The second image is of a...

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New York

One telephoto entitled, "New York" taken by United Press International dated July 19, 1964. Image is of police officers marking in a line. Also photographed are two residents of Harlem. Wire transfer information states that 300 police officers were...

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Washington

One telephoto of entitled, "Washington," taken by United Press International dated June 13, 1967. Image is cartoon of a tailor giving Thurgood Marshall his robe. On the robe is text that reads, "First Negro on the Supreme Court." A caption above the...

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New York

One photograph entitled, "New York" taken by United Press International dated July 19, 1964. Image is of a police officer looking at a brocken store front window of a furniture store, damaged during the Harlem riots. Wire transfer information claims...

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New York

One wirephoto entitled, "New York" by United Press International dated July 20, 1964. Image is of police removing ammunition and weapons from truck. On the sidewalk, two people watch the police. Wire transfer information states that people threw...

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[Wire photo of Thurgood Marshall]

One wirephoto entitled, "Washington" taken by United Press International dated October 2, 1967. Image is of Thurgood Marshall, from the shoulders up. Wire transfer information states that the image was taken the moment before he took a seat on the...

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New York

One photograph by United Press International dated July 20, 1964. Image is of police officers pushing back a crowd of Black mourners. Wire transfer information states that the officers were restraining people outside the funeral of James Powell.

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[Photograph of Congresswoman Patsy T. Mink ]

One black-and-white photograph taken by United Press International dated February 2, 1966. Pictured is Represenatitve (D-Hawaii) Patsy Takemoto Mink reading Washington's Farewell Address. According to the wire transfer information, Mink was the first...

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Pittsburgh, PA

One telephoto entitled, "Pittsburgh, PA" dated April 8, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts protesters in front of National Guardsmen who are pointing guns with bayonets towards their faces. Wire transfer information describes...

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Trenton, N.J.

One telephoto entitled, "Trenton, N.J." dated April 10, 1968 taken by United Press International. Image is of a man walking a dog in downton Trenton.

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Kansas City, Mo.

One telephoto entitled, "Kansas City, Mo.," dated April 10, 1968 taken by United Press International. Image is an aerial view of a building on fire being extinguished in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Washington

One telephoto entitled, "Washington" dated April 11, 1968 taken by United Press International. Image is of a copy of the Civil Act of 1968 signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Wire transfer information describes it as "a bill to designed to allow...

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Attempts to Save Home

One telephoto entitled, "Attempts to Save Home" dated April 11, 1968 taken by United Press International. Image is of two people's silhouettes watching a home on fire. Wire transfer information states that neighbors attempted to extingush the fire.

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Kansas City, Mo.

One telephoto entitled, "Kansas City, Mo.," dated April 11, 1968 taken by United Press International. Image is of two police officers guarding a jewelry store.

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Louisville, KY.

One telephoto entitled, "Louisville, KY.," dated April 11, 1968 taken by United Press International. Image is of National Guardsmen standing by a dry cleaners. Also pictured are people looking at clothes through a broken window. Wire transfer...

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[Franklin D. Roosevelt and disabled children]

One picture dated approximately 1940 of President Franklin D. Roosevelt with two children in wheelchairs.

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to Billy

One newspaper clipping that printed a letter from Jimmy Carter to his brother, Billy Carter dated April 3, 1979. Letter was sent to Billy upon entering a rehabilitation center at the Long Beach Navy Hospital.

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[American Marines in South Vietnam]

One photo released by the United Press International dated March 7, 1966. Depicts American Marines participating kneeling by a puddle in South Vietnam. On the reverse side is a newspaper clipping that states they were resting before staging an...

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San Francisco

One telephoto entitled "San Francisco" taken by the United Press International dated June 3, 1970. Shows an aerial view of Alcatraz Island's southern end, where five buildings were damaged by a fire on June 2. The caption notes that a spokesman for...

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[James Meredith blocked from entering the University of Mississippi]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated September 26, 1962. Image is of James Meredith attempting to pass through Mississippi state troopers and police officers who were blocking him from entering the University of Mississippi. Wire...

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[James Meredith in Registrar's Office at the University of Mississippi]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated October 1, 1962. Image is of James Meredith answering questions for journalists in the Registrar's Office. Wire transfer information states that the photograph was taken after Meredith...

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[James Meredith walking on University of Mississippi campus]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated October 11, 1962. Image is of James Meredith holding a bundle of laundry. Wire transfer description mentions that there were "no known cat calls or remarks from passing students," on the day of...

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[James Meredith walking on University of Mississippi campus]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated January 7, 1963. Image is of James Meredith on campus steps surrounded by white students and reporters. Wire transfer information states that Meredith said that he would not continue attending...

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[Photograph of shotgun wounds on back of James Meredith's head]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated June 9, 1966. Image shows the back of James Meredith's head covered in bullet wounds. The incident occurred during a civil rights march he organized in Mississippi.

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Dragged to Bus

One telephoto entitled, "Dragged to Bus," dated February 15, 1968 taken by UPI. Image depicts Georgia State troopers dragging protesters. Wire transfer information describes that two of 35 Black protesters were dragged towards a "prison farm bus." It...

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Chicago

One telephoto entitled, "Chicago," dated April 5, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts a group of people surrounded by dismantled mannequins, trash and shuttered storefronts. Wire transfer information describes that rioting had taken...

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Washington

One telephoto entitled, "Washington" dated April 5, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts an aerial view of buildings on fire in Washington D.C. Wire transfer information states that the smoke rising was located on 13th Street.

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Washington

One telephoto entitled, "Washington" dated April 6, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts smoke rising in the distance behind the U.S. Capitol. Wire transfer information states that a curfew commenced at 4 p.m. due to civil unrest...

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Protect Capital

One telephoto entitled, "Protect Capital" dated April 6, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts armed National Guardsmen surrounding the Tennessee State Capitol building.

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Washington

One telephoto entitled, "Washington" dated April 6, 1968 taken by United Press International. The focus of the image is on an armed National Guardsman. Seen in the distance are buildings on fire. Wire transfer information states that 12,000 federal...

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Chicago

One telephoto entitled, "Chicago" dated April 6, 1968 taken by United Press International. Image consists of National Guard trucks and armed Guardsmen. Strewn across the ground on a street in Chicago are water hoses. Wire transferinformation states...

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Chicago

One telephoto entitled, "Chicago" dated April 6, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts a white Chicago police officer pressing his knee onto the back of a Black woman. Wire transfer information states that he pursued her across the street...

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Baltimore

One telephoto entitled, "Baltimore" dated April 6, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts a crowd of Black people gathered near a local laundromat on fire in Baltimore, Maryland. Wire transfer information states that the fire took place on...

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Chicago

One telephoto entitled, "Chicago" dated April 7, 1968 taken by United Press International. Image is an aerial view of a destroyed area in Chicago, Illinois. Also seen are National Guard trucks. Wire transfer information states the trucks were in the...

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Richmond, Ind

One telephoto entitled, "Richmond, Ind.," dated April 6, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts an aerial view of smoke rising from buildings on fire. Wire transfer information states that 15 people died from an explosion in a sporting...

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Richmond, Indiana

One telephoto entitled, "Richmond, Indiana" dated April 6, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts people and police on a street where firefighters attempted to extinguish a building on fire. Wire transfer information states that an...

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Washington

One telephoto entitled, "Washington" dated April 7, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts armed National Guardsmen gathered at an air base. Wire transfer information states that 12,000 federal troops deployed to Washington, D.C. from Fort...

GLC09740.031

Washington

One telephoto entitled, "Washington" dated April 7, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts armed National Guardsmen marching past Black residents of Pittsburgh. Wire transfer information states that Governor Raymond Shafer ordered a curfew...

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Pittsburgh, PA

One telephoto entitled, "Pittsburgh, PA" dated April 7, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts two white police officers pushing a Black man towards a police van. Wire transfer information states that a "scuffle broke out during a parade...

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Washington

One telephoto entitled, "Washington" dated April 7, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts Robert F. Kennedy standing at the pulpit of Bethel Methodist Church. Also pictured is the choir and Reverend Walter E. Fauntroy. Wire transfer...

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Washington

One telephoto entitled, "Washington" dated April 7, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts Robert F. Kennedy standing near a building damaged by a fire. Wire transfer information states that Kennedy had toured the northwest side of...

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Chicago

One telephoto entitled, "Chicago" dated April 8, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts armed National Guardsmen seated in the back of an army jeep vehicle driving past rubble.

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Chicago

One telephoto entitled, "Chicago" dated April 8, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts a Black girl walking past armed National Guardsmen and a street of destroyed buildings.

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Chicago

One telephoto entitled, "Chicago" dated April 7, 1968 taken by United Press International. Image is an aerial view of smoke rising from destroyed buildings. Wire transfer information states that the destruction took place over night.

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Pittsburgh, PA

One telephoto entitled, "Pittsburgh, PA" dated April 7, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts an armed National Guardsman stationed in the middle of a littered street at night.

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Federal Troops Arrive

One telephoto entitled, "Federal Troops Arrive" dated April 7, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts the 18th Airborne Artillery Corps arriving in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Arrested by Police

One telephoto entitled, "Arrested by Police" dated April 8, 1968 taken by United Press International. Depicts a group of white Chicago police officers attempting to arrest a Black man during riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

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[Harry Truman and Ralph Bellamy]

One photograph of Harry Truman and Ralph Bellamy dated May 25, 1958. Features Truman and Bellamy shaking hands. The attached description notes that Bellamy is playing Truman's predecessor Franklin Roosevelt which is why he wears glasses similar to...

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[Harry Truman reads a newspaper]

One photograph of Harry Truman dated June 5, 1958. Features Truman holding a newspaper. The description attached to the photo notes that it was taken in Naples during travels of Harry and Bess Truman.

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[Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the National Security Act]

One image of Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the National Security Act. Reverse side contains a message from his son James Roosevelt.

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[Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt in car]

One image of Franklin D. Roosevelt riding in the back of a car smiling.

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American politician using a voting machine

One image of Eleanor Roosevelt at a voting machine at the Women's Art and Industries Exhibit at the Hotel Commodore.

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