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Firemen turn their hoses on civil rights protesters, Birmingham, Alabama, 1963Photograph showing African Americans participating in the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, at Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham, Alabama, as…
Special Olympics Games 1968This image shows one of the 1968 "Chicago Special Olympics" Games held in Soldier Field. The 1968 Games brought around 1,000 athletes with…
Hollywood Hall of HonorMarlene Dietrich, Bob Hope and Bette Davis in front of the Hollywood Hall of Honor
Cpl. Rudolph E. Engstrom rests in a shell hole on Iwo Jima, holding a piece of shrapnel that wounded him.Cpl. Rudolph E. Engstrom rests in a shell hole on Iwo Jima, holding a piece of shrapnel that wounded him.
[Untitled]The Allied Counter Attack 25 December 1944 - 28 January 1945: American soldiers dig hasty foxholes in snow covered terrain as enemy fire opens up near…
How To Bring New Hope to the Mentally RetardedHow To Bring New Hope to the Mentally Retarded is one of the pamphlets given to the camp counselors at Camp Shriver in 1965 and one of many developed…
Casablanca movie PosterThe poster portrays the name of the movie "Casablanca" as well as the name of the director, key actors, and a picture of several characters in the…
Film footage of the historic Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island.The occupation lasted for nineteen months, from November 20, 1969 to June…
An excerpt from a speech by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. about President Eisenhower’s “Open Skies” proposal to the United Nations, 1962.Senator Lodge describes the proposed Open Skies program, which was intended to de-escalate the Cold War and provide more transparency for…
Abortion rights demonstrationView of Pro-choice demonstrators with signs reading, "Sen. Roberti: Stop attack on abortion rights", and "ERA Yes". Photograph dated January 1987.