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1 August 1929
B & B Sign Co., fl. 1929
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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14 July 1931
Ace Sign Company
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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25 June 1958
Associated Press
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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29 August 1958
United Press International
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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1929
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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1919
National Women Suffrage Association
Let Women Vote
One sign dated 1919. Text says, "Let Women Vote." Printed by the National Women Suffrage Association.
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1 September 1958
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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30 October 1956
Lindlar, Walter, fl. 1958
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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1958
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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1995
Morgan, Monica, fl. 1995
[Portrait of Rosa Parks]
One black and white portrait of Rosa Parks dated 1995.
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One undated black and white photograph of Rosa Parks at a microphone.
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One undated color candid photograph of Rosa Parks with carnation brooch pinned to her blouse.
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21 December 1956
One photograph of Rosa Parks dated December 21, 1956. Image has been edited to feature a closer portrait of Parks riding a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1956 on the day that segregation in public transportation was banned.
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22 February 1956
[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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12 September 1969
Life Magazine
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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1968
Harris, Charles, 1908-1988
[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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1963
Moore, Charles, 1931-2010
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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May 1965
Sleet, Moneta Jr., 1926-1996
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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28 July 1967
Dandridge, Frank, fl. 1967
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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8 March 1968
Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006
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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circa 1922
Ruhl, Arthur, 1876-1935
[Draft of notes]
Six undated pages of draft notes by Arthur Ruhl. Handwriting is somewhat illegible.
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