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Bombed U.S. Embassy in Saigon

One wirephoto taken by the Associated Press dated March 29, 1965. Image depicts bicyclists and corner of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, Vietnam that was bombed.

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A Discourse Delivered at the American Meeting-House, In Boston, July 14,1808

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Eulogy on General Alexander Hamilton

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Pickets Protested the Appearance of Gen. Maxwell Taylor at Congregation Sinai in Fox Point

One wirephoto taken by Sentinel Photo dated October 15, 1965. Image depicts group of protestors holding up signs, "Get Out of Vietnam," and "Peace for Vietnam."

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Reasons why the People Called Quakers cannot so Fully Unite with the Methodists

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Examination of the Rev. Mr. Harris's Scriptural Researched on the Licitness of the Slave Trade

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Objections to the Abolition of the Slave Trade, With Answers.

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Objections to the Abolition of the Slave Trade, With Answers.

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Boston

One wirephoto taken by United Press International dated August 26, 1970. Image depicts a rally celebrating Women's Rights Day at the Boston Common.

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Doubts on the Abolition of the Slave Trade

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[Photograph of women at a hearing to pass Equal Rights Amendment]

One wirephoto dated April 11, 1977. Image depicts four women wearing anti-ERA pins regarding the Equal Rights Amendment at a senate rules committee hearing.

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The No-Creed of Infidelity; Contrasted with the Faith of a Poor, Dying, Negro Woman

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Slavery Inconsistent with Justice and Good Policy

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The Negro Servant

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The African Widow

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The Negro Among the Rocks

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The African Widow

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Negro Equality

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[Commemorative images of Apollo 11's lunar landing]

One promotional image commemorating Apollo 11's lunar mission dated July 1969. Item imprints portraits of astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, the astronaut patch, and declaration signed by the three astronauts and President...

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Admission of Oregon Speech of Hon. Alexander Stephens Of Georgia

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The West India Question

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Nothern Interests and Southern Independence

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An Oration Pronounced July 4th, 1803

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Message From the President of the United States

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Message From the President of the United States

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Message From the President of the United States

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A Sabbath Scene

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[Commemorative images of Apollo 11's lunar landing]

One promotional image commemorating Apollo 11's lunar mission dated July 1969. Item imprints portraits of astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, the astronaut patch, and declaration signed by the three astronauts and President...

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The Debate on a Motion For the Abolition of the Slave Trade, In the House of Commons

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He Sho' Thinks He's Hidin'

One undated tin plaque advertising Cream of Wheat. Image contains minstrel imagery of a Black chef with a small white child hiding. Tag line reads, "He sho' thinks he's hidin.'"

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Where Missile Delivered Simulated Hydrogen Warhead

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated November 15, 1957. Shows a map of the lower half of the United States, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Panama Canal, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Trinidad, Guyana, Portugal, Spain...

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Ma-In-Law Steals Show From New Head of USIA

One wirephoto released by International News Photos dated 1957. Shows President Eisenhower smiling and greeting a woman. The attached press release states that the woman in the photo is Mrs. John T. Martin, the mother-in-law of George V. Allen. He...

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Norwegian King at Father's Memorial Service

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated 1957. Shows King Olav V, wearing a general's uniform and walking with his son Prince Harald and daughter, Princess Astrid to a memorial service. The service is for his father Haakon VII. According to...

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George E. Stringfellow Photograph and letter. [Decimalized .01-.02]

One photograph of George E. Stringfellow and letter concerning Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, dated 1958

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George E. Stringfellow

One photograph dated 1958. A portrait of George E. Stringfellow in a suit and bow tie. He is also wearing the traditional fez of the Shriner organization. He has various Masonic and Shriner medals attached to his suit pocket.

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We Serve Colored, Carry Out Only

One sign dated May 5, 1931. Text says, "We Serve Colored Only, Carry Out Only." Printed by A.A. Signs.

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to New York City Mecca Temple

One letter from George M. Saunders, the Imperial Recorder, to New York City's Mecca Temple dated 1958. The letter concerns George E. Stringfellow's visit to the Mecca Temple on June 17th. He notes that Stringfellow will be there one day. He will be...

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Colored Seated in Rear

One sign dated August 1, 1929. Text says, "Colored Seated in Rear." Printed by B & B Sign Co.

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Colored Seated in Rear

One sign dated August 1, 1929. Text says, "Colored Seated in Rear." Printed by B & B Sign Co.

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Colored Must Sit in Balcony

One sign dated July 14, 1931. Text says, "Colored Must Sit in Balcony." Printed by Ace Sign Company. According to the text on item, it was likely hung in the Grand Theater in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Navy Releases Drawing of World's Largest Sub

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated June 25, 1958. Shows a drawing of the world's largest submarine named the Triton. According to the embedded press release the Triton will displace 5,450 tons of water, is 447 feet long and has a beam...

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In Newport

One wirephoto released by United Press International dated August 29, 1958. Shows President Eisenhower waving his hat. According to the attached press release Eisenhower is at his summer White House on Fort Adams, Rhode Island. The back of the photo...

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Drinking Fountain, White, Colored

One sign dated July 14, 1931. Text says, "Drink Fountain, White, Colored." Image includes arrows where white and black people could drink water separately.

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Restrooms, White, Colored

One sign dated 1929. Text says, "Restrooms, White, Colored." Image includes arrows where white and black people could use bathrooms separately at L&N Railroad stations in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Taipei

One wirephoto released by United Press International dated August 29, 1958. Shows the Chinese Youth Combat Training Corps carrying flags followed by the Combat Girls Band. The embedded press release states "Latest developments on this Nationalist...

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Let Women Vote

One sign dated 1919. Text says, "Let Women Vote." Printed by the National Women Suffrage Association.

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National Guard Units March in Legion Parade

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated September 1, 1958. Shows parade of military troops marching. According to the embedded press release the parade kicks off the annual American Legion national convention. The parade was expected to last...

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Caskets for Civil War Victims [Hungarian Civil-War]

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated October 30, 1956. Shows two women looking at, and praying beside, a pile of five caskets. The attached press release reports that the women are residents of Magyarovar, a town in West Hungary, they are...

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Mother Nature Takes in Washing

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated 1958. Shows a wash line hanging from a tree. The clothing dips into the water due to the Passaic River flooding over the banks.

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[Portrait of Rosa Parks]

One black and white portrait of Rosa Parks dated 1995.

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[Portrait of Rosa Parks giving fingerprints at police station]

One photograph of Rosa Parks dated February 22, 1956. Image is of Parks at police station being fingerprinted by Sheriff D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Alabama.

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[Portrait of Rosa Parks giving fingerprints at police station]

One photograph of Rosa Parks dated February 22, 1956. Image is of Parks at police station being fingerprinted by Sheriff D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Alabama.

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[Portrait of Rosa Parks giving fingerprints at police station]

One photograph of Rosa Parks dated February 22, 1956. Image is of Parks at police station being fingerprinted by Sheriff D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Engraving of Hannah More

An engraving of Hannah More based on the painting by H.W.Pickersgill, R.A.. More is seated holding glasses. Accompanied by JB00001 and JB00003.

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A Mandingo

A colored engraving of a Mandingo tribesman in traditional clothing. This engraving is mounted in a matte for framing.

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Engraving of William Wilberforce

A portrait engraving of William Wilberforce based on the painting by Russel R.A.. The engraving is mounted in a matte for framing.

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The Liberator. [Vol. 31 no. 14. (April 5, 1861)]

An issue of The Liberator from April 5 1861. This issue includes articles titled, A Wife's Account of her Husband's Murder (A Northern man living in the South killed for supposedly aiding a slave) Southern Ruffianism Toward Northern Citizens, and The...

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The Liberator. [Vol. 31 no. 8. (February 22, 1861)]

A issue of the Liberator from February 22 1861. This issue includes articles titled Slavery Triumphant, Beecher on times, and Protest of Colored Citizens.

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The Liberator. [Vol. 31 no. 7. (February 15, 1861)]

A issue of the liberator from February 15 1861. This issue includes articled titled An Abolition Meeting Broken Up by a Mob, No Union with Slave Holder, The Anti-Slavery Struggle.

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National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 19, no.15 (August 28, 1858)]

This issue of the National Anti-Slavery Standard from August 28, 1858, features a poem "Peace in God" by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Harper's Weekly [(February 21, 1863)]

One page of February 21, 1863 issue of Harper's weekly. This page features the engraving "The Effects of the Proclamation - Freed Negroes Coming Into Our Lines at Newbern, North Carolina" the other side of this page features articles: Patriotism and...

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Engraving of William Wilberforce

An engraving of William Wilberforce surrounded by other images. The engraving also features one white person dressed as a warrior protecting a cowering African person from another white person holding chains with a raised hand.

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A Negro Funeral

An engraving entitled "A Negro Funeral". The engraving features 11 African American men walking beside a horse drawn funeral coach driven by another man. The engraving is colored in.

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Negro Race

An engraving of four African people with a skull in the middle of the page.

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Negroes just landed from a Slave Ship

A engraving of a group of enslaved people on a beach with a ship in a background. The group is bracketed by 2 white people.

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New-Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette [Vol. 2, No. 24 (June 13, 1820)]

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Der Sclavenhandel

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The Freeman's Journal [No. 8 (June 13, 1781)]

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The Liberator [Vol. 3 No. 1 - Vol. 3 No. 52 (January 5, 1833-December 28, 1833)]

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Extra Globe [Vol. 2 No. 5 (June 26, 1835)]

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Columbian Centinel [No. 2440 (August 19, 1807)]

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The North American and Mercantile Daily Advertiser [Vol. 1 No. 103 (May 9, 1808)]

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Portsmouth Oracle [Vol. 20 No. 11 (December 17, 1808)]

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The Massachusetts Centinel [Vol. 7 No. 39. (August 1, 1787)]

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Greenleaf's New-York Journal, Extra [Vol. 1 No. 15 (February 23, 1796)]

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Harpers Weekly [(May 30, 1863)]

One page of the May 30, 1863 issue of Harper's weekly

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Wouski

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Charlston Courier [Vol. 5 No. 1,243 (January 20, 1807)]

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New York Weekly Museum [Vol. 20 No. 20 (June 25, 1808)]

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The Man of Feeling in search of Indispensibles

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Lady Godina's Rout; Or Peeping-Tom spying out Pope-Joan

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Harper's Weekly [Vol. 10 No. 486 (April 21, 1866)]

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The New York Herald [No. 23,957 (March 27, 1902)]

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New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette [Vol. 5 No. 214 (August 5, 1833)]

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Granville Sharp

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National Anti-Slavery Standard [Vol. 25 No. 14 (August 13, 1864)]

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City Gazette and Commercial Daily Advertiser [Vol. 35 No. 11,381(August 31, 1815)]

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Coretta King's Moving Account of Life With Her Martyred Husband, He Had a Dream.

One poster printed by Life Magazine dated September 12, 1969. Image displays Coretta Scott King a year following Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.

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[Protesters with signs reading "Citizens Commitee Says Negro Teachers Want Upgrading Now" and "Doctor Marland Says Wait 4 Years, We Say do It Now" outside Pittsburgh Board of Education building]

One black and white photograph of protesters dated 1968 taken by Charles "Teenie" Harris. Image displays protesters--adults and children--holding signs that read, "Citizens Committee Says Negro Teachers Want Upgrading Now," "Dr. Marland Says Wait 4...

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The Dogs' Attack is Negroes' Reward

One poster dated 1963 entitled, "The Dogs' Attack is Negroes' Reward." Image displays white police officers with canines during a protest. One dog is biting into a black man's leg.

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50,000 March on Montgomery

One cover of Ebony magazine entitled, "50,000 March on Montgomery," dated May 1965. Image displays marchers of the 1965 March on Montgomery. Notable figures featured are Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks, Ralph Abernathy, and...

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Newark: The Predictable Insurrection

One cover of Life magazine entitled, "Newark: The Predictable Insurrection," dated July 28, 1967. Image displays the body of Joe Bass Jr., a 12-year-old boy who was wounded by police gunfire during a riot.

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The Negro and the Cities: The Cry That Will be Heard

One cover of Life magazine entitled, "The Negro and the Cities: The Cry That Will be Heard," dated March 8, 1968. Image consists of a tear-eyed African-American girl, Ellen Fontenelle.

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[Draft of notes]

Six undated pages of draft notes by Arthur Ruhl. Handwriting is somewhat illegible.

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to Arthur Ruhl

One letter from William N. Haskell addressed to Arthur Ruhl dated May 10, 1922. Haskell relays survey questions for Ruhl to consider while working in Russia. Questions pertain to food distributions, living conditions, hospitals, office equipment...

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to William N. Haskell Jr.

One letter from Arthur Ruhl addressed to William N. Haskell dated May 24, 1922. Pertains to ships coming into a port in Petrograd; medical supplies delivered; and car difficulties.

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to American Relief Administration

One message from Allen dated May 29, 1922 copied to the director and administrative exectuve of the American Relief Administration. Pertains to a damaged car due to "deplorable negligence." Requests a new car and describes all the car pieces he felt...

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from William R. Kearney Jr.

One typed letter from William R. Kearney Jr. dated May 30, 1922 copied to the district supervisor of the Samara offices of the American Relief Administration. Message is a response to telegram from May 29, 1922 (see GLC09761.05) pertaining to Ruhl's...

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to American Relief Administration

One typed letter from William N. Haskell Jr. dated May 31, 1922. Pertains to Ruhl's request for a new Dodge car and recent travels to Samara and Ufa. Gives account of discrepancies between different car shops located in Moscow and Samara.

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to American Relief Administration

One typed letter from Walter L. Bell dated June 5, 1922 to various recipients. Pertains to Ruhl's assignments in Russia. Ruhl, who was on an inspection trip in multiple districts in Moscow, was scheduled to depart Ufa on June 5. Bell asks that Ruhl...

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