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    Jack Hill Collection Corporal, Marine Corps, Afghan War, 2001- - Afghanistan.
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    Yeiichi Kelly Kuwayama Collection Technician Four, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - European Theater; United States.
    • Contributor: Kuwayama, Yeiichi Kelly - Shima, Terry T. - Ninomiya, Calvin - Japanese-American Veterans Association (Java)
    • Date: 1941
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    Tossing eggs
    Egg rolling at the White House
    Depicts a great crowd of men, women and children, from every walk of life, playing and scrambling together on the lawn of the White House on the occasion of the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1902
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    Clarence Lee Cross Collection E-4, Army, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Gordon, Georgia.
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    Old mail coach at ford, U.S.P.O.
    Old mail coach at ford, United States Post Office | Title from Biograph production logs: Old mail coach making ford
    "The film begins by showing a river approximately fifty yards wide. The opposite bank from the camera position is wooded. Shortly after the beginning of the film, four horses, drawing a standard passenger-and-mail coach, head for the camera position. The horse-drawn vehicle proceeds into the water, crosses the river, and passes the camera"--Early motion pictures.
    • Contributor: Weed, A. E. - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1903
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    David Challinor Collection Lieutenant, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Quonset Point, Rhode Island; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; European Theater; Atlantic Ocean; Pacific Theater; Mediterranean Sea.
    • Contributor: Winkler, David F. - Veterans History Project - Challinor, David - Library of Congress
    • Date: 1942
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    Jeffrey Neal Collection Commander, Navy, War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 - Guam (Mariana Islands); Japan; San Bruno, California; Bridgeport, California; Norfolk, Virginia; Washington, DC.
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    Larry C. Beaver Collection Lieutenant Colonel, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - European Theater; RAF Duxford, England.
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    Robert George Adam Collection Ensign, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Treasure Island, California; Oceanside, California; Honolulu, Hawaii; San Luis Obispo, California; Stillwater, Oklahoma; Pacific Theater.
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    Rediscovering God in America II : our heritage
    Our heritage | Rediscovering God in America 2 : | Rediscovering God in America two : Catalog Record Only
    Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his wife explore the role of religion in early America and the belief that "our Creator" is the source of our liberty, prosperity, and survival as an exceptional nation.
    • Contributor: Gingrich, Callista - Knoblock, Kevin - Gingrich, Newt - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Peace River Company - Gingrich Productions (Firm) - Citizens United Foundation - Bossie, David N. - Citizens United Productions (Firm)
    • Date: 2009
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    Franklin E. Lawrence Collection Senior Master Sergeant, Air Force, Cold War - England; Harlingen Air Force Base, Texas; Fort Lee, Virginia; Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio; Griffiss Air Force Base, New York. Corporal, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Massachusetts.
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    TR, exterior of building, Washington, D.C., 1918. Catalog Record Only During a visit to Washington, D.C. on January 22, 1918, TR helps those urging war reorganization and speedup of war work. TR appears with an unidentified man standing and talking on the steps outside a building.
    • Contributor: Hearst-Pathe News - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress) - Pathe
    • Date: 1918
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    Joseph Henry Hairston Collection Captain, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Lucca, Italy. Korean War, 1950-1953 - Korea.
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    Being there Catalog Record Only Having lived his life as the gardener on a millionaire's estate, Chance knows of the real world only what he has seen on TV. When his benefactor dies, Chance walks aimlessly into the streets of Washington D.C., where he is struck by a car owned by wealthy Eve Rand. Identifying himself, the confused man mutters "Chance...gardener," which Eve takes to be "Chauncey Gardiner." Eve...
    • Contributor: Basehart, Richard - United Artists Corporation - Sellers, Peter - Zimmerman, Don - Kosinski, Jerzy - Ashby, Hal - Mandel, Johnny - Warden, Jack - Haller, Michael - Dysart, Richard ... Basehart, Richard - United Artists Corporation - Sellers, Peter - Zimmerman, Don - Kosinski, Jerzy - Ashby, Hal - Mandel, Johnny - Warden, Jack - Haller, Michael - Dysart, Richard - Maclaine, Shirley - Northstar International (Firm) - Douglas, Melvyn - Braunsberg, Andrew - Deschanel, Caleb - Lorimar Productions - CBS Fox Video
    • Date: 1983
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    Blind Boys of Alabama I "Amazing Grace" The Blind Boys of Alabama perform "Amazing Grace" at the Library of Congress, June 5, 2002. Forms part of the The Blind Boys of Alabama Concert Collection. videorecording | videorecording ; 4 min | Homegrown Concert Series. (Source). June 5, 2002. (Date). Forms part of the The Blind Boys of Alabama Concert Collection. (Source Note). Videorecording (Form).
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Carter, Jimmy Lee - Blind Boys of Alabama - Fountain, Clarence
    • Date: 2002
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    George Hatton Harshaw, Sr. Collection Corporal, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Virginia; Le Havre, France; Gelnhausen, Seckenheim, Nuremburg and Wurttemberg, Germany; Camp Kilmer, New Jersey; Fort Knox, Kentucky.
    • Contributor: Harshaw Sr., George Hatton - Rowe, Carolyn C. - Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. (Aahgs)
    • Date: 1946
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    John Thomas Mathison Collection First Lieutenant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Italy; Stalag Luft I, Germany; Barth, Germany; European Theater. First Lieutenant, Air Force, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Walla Walla, Washington; Ellington Air Force Base, Texas; Hamilton Air Force Base, California.
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    Simeon Booker and Moses James Newson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Washington, D.C., 2011 July 13 Simeon Booker and Moses Newson recall their early careers in journalism at several African American newspapers. Newson remembers covering school desegregation cases in Clinton, Tennessee and Hoxie, Arkansas, for the Memphis Tri-State Defender. Booker discusses covering the Emmett Till murder and the integration of Little Rock High School for Jet. They both remember covering the Freedom Rides and the March on Washington.
    • Contributor: Booker, Simeon - Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Newson, Moses J.
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Scarecrow and Mrs. King. The complete first season
    Scarecrow and Mrs. King Catalog Record Only
    Goodbye, PTA; hello, foreign intrigue. Single mom Amanda King leads a quiet suburban life in Washington, D.C., until the day a dashing stranger shoves a package in her hands with instructions to give it to the man in the red hat. In no time, Amanda is dodging bullets, foiling assassination plots, and finding herself drawn to the dashing stranger, agent Lee Stetson, aka Scarecrow.
    • Contributor: Garland, Beverly - Warner Bros. Television - Shoot the Moon Enterprises, Ltd - Ross-Leming, Eugenie - Smith, Martha - Jackson, Kate - Warner Home Video (Firm) - Buckner, Brad - Stewart, Mel - Boxleitner, Bruce
    • Date: 2010
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    General Wood and Calvin Coolidge in Chicago, 1920 Catalog Record Only Various scenes from the proceedings of the 17th Republican National Convention held in Chicago, June 8-12, 1920. Long shot of crowd gathering as women march around carrying banners; views of photographers taking pictures, five women dressed in costume, and of crowd, probably delegates, alternates and visitors at the Chicago Coliseum. Camera pans the exterior of flag-draped Coliseum. Back view of Margaret Hill McCarter of...
    • Contributor: Community Motion Picture Service, Inc - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1920
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    Transporting Internal Rev. stamps, U.S.P.O.
    Title from Biograph production log: Internal Revenue stamp from Treas. Dept | Transporting Internal Revenue stamps, U.S.P.O. | Transporting Internal Rev. stamps, United States Post Office
    "The film shows a two-horse postal delivery wagon backed against a ramp, where two men are unloading the contents of the wagon into a delivery chute"--Early motion pictures.
    • Contributor: Weed, A. E. - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1903
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    Juadine Henderson oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, DC, District of Columbia, 2015 December 03 Juadine Henderson recalls her initial interaction with Frank Smith, a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1963, and his influence on her decision to attend a voter registration workshop in Greenswood, Mississippi. She discusses how exposure to the movement was instrumental to her later decisions to become involved with the Freedom Labor Union, work on voter registration projects on plantations throughout...
    • Contributor: Bishop, John Melville - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Henderson, Juadine - Crosby, Emilye
    • Date: 2015-01-01
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    Anthony J. Hope Collection First Lieutenant, Air Force, Cold War.
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    Tying up bags for train, U.S.P.O.
    Variant title: Tying up bags for train, United States Post Office
    "The camera shows the action of two postal employees as they remove mail sacks from the semicircular rack where they are placed so they can be filled with mail for their respective locations. The two postal employees stack the mail sacks on a cart in preparation for dispatch elsewhere"--Early motion pictures.
    • Contributor: Weed, A. E. - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1903
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    Scandal. The complete first season Catalog Record Only "When trouble rears its ugly head, headline-making, life-ruining trouble, there's only one person to call: the legendary Olivia Pope. With her steadfast rule of always trusting her gut, Olivia leads an expert team of crisis management consultants skilled at making even the most sordid, salacious scandals disappear. But as these self-proclaimed 'gladiators in suits' begin to reveal the cracks in their armor, will the...
    • Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Washington, Kerry - Lowes, Katie - Goldwyn, Tony - Stanchfield, Darby - Rhimes, Shonda
    • Date: 2012