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    Floyd Harold Kushner Collection Colonel, Army, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Hawaii; LZ Two Bits, Vietnam; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Peru; Fort Rucker, Alabama; Pensacola, Florida.
    • Contributor: Stratton, Alice Marie - Daughters of the American Revolution - Kushner, Floyd Harold
    • Date: 1964
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    The mob outside the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition "The camera was positioned at such a height behind a large group of people outside an exhibit building that mainly hats are visible"--Early motion pictures. On Friday, September 6th, 1901, we had our cameras in position to photograph the President as he left the Temple of Music, but the deplorable assassination, of course, prevented our getting this picture. We did, however, secure an excellent...
    • Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1901
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    Mary Jones oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013 March 09 Mary Jones describes her childhood in Albany, Georgia, including the work she did as a child and her memories of school. Jones discusses learning about the Civil Rights Movement by reading the newspaper, and she describes her children's experiences as they entered white schools. After she joined the Albany Movement, she helped to register voters, participated in marches and boycotts, and joined the police...
    • Contributor: Jones, Mary A. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Griffin, Willie James
    • Date: 2013-01-01

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    Land of the free
    Automotive industry     Presents the panoply of American history, the richness of American human and natural resources, and the greatness of American freedoms. Reviews the country's industrial and agriculture wealth and relates the stories of people who strive to capitalize on it. Lists the nation's share of the world's production of goods and consumption of resources. Hails the freedom of travel in the U.S. and the American...
    • Contributor: Wilding Picture Productions. Distribution Department - Wilding Picture Productions - Chrysler Corporation. Dodge Division - Weeks, AL - Pelletier, Vincent
    • Date: 1940
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    Andy Fry Collection Staff Sergeant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - England; Europe.
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    Angel. Call me mother
    Call me mother     Angelique, known as Angel, moves from France to the United States to marry American architect, John Smith. The newlyweds set up housekeeping in Los Angeles, California. She tries her best to be a good housewife but sometimes runs into problems as she learns English and adapts to her new life and culture. In this episode, Johnny's mother is coming for a visit. Angel is...
    • Contributor: CBS Television Network - Feldman, Edward H. (Edward Henry) - Oppenheimer, Jess - Keefer, Don - Urecal, Minerva - Molin, Bud - Singleton, Doris - Daniel, Eliot - Burlingame Productions - De Grasse, Robert ... CBS Television Network - Feldman, Edward H. (Edward Henry) - Oppenheimer, Jess - Keefer, Don - Urecal, Minerva - Molin, Bud - Singleton, Doris - Daniel, Eliot - Burlingame Productions - De Grasse, Robert - CBS Films - Stone, Ezra - Blake, Madge - Thompson, Marshall - Fargé, Annie - Alsberg, Arthur
    • Date: 1961
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    Richard Louis Schiefelbusch Collection First Lieutenant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Houston, Texas; Wendover, Utah; Salina, Kansas; Shipham, England.
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    [Animal act with baboon, dog and donkey]
    Inventory title: Spanuth's vodvil - Zouary no. 149 | Zouary can no. 149     Opens on a closeup of a baboon "playing" a violin, then cuts to a medium shot of the same. The baboon wears a white short-sleeved shirt with a loose bow tie and tweed pants. Cuts to a closeup of the baboon in a circular mask or iris effect, without the violin but with a collar around his neck and a striped kitten that he...
    • Contributor: Spanuth, Hans A. - Commonwealth Pictures Corporation - Afi/Zouary (Maurice) Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1919
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    Theodore A. Maurer, Jr. Collection Technical Sergeant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - .
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    Worth W. Long oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Jackson, Mississippi, 2015 December 06 Worth W. Long largely discusses experiences growing up in a household strongly connected to the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Long discusses churches as important aspects of community building and as meeting spaces for the African American civil rights activists. He recalls personal experiences participating in protest and other forms of activism during the 1950's and 60's, including his participation with Student Nonviolent Coordinating...
    • Contributor: Bishop, John Melville - Long, Worth W. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Crosby, Emilye
    • Date: 2015-01-01
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    Frank C. Sexton Collection Technical Sergeant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - United States; Ridgewell, England; Germany; Stalag XVII - B, Krems, Austria.
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    Donald B. Prell Collection First Lieutenant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Fort MacArthur, California; Camp Callan, California; New York; Los Angeles, California; Camp Davis, North Carolina; Fort Benning, Georgia; France; Belgium; Germany; European Theater.
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    Cristiana Prado interview conducted by Dr. Julie Pearson Little Thunder, 2021-04-10 In this interview, ceramicist and printmaker Cristiana Prado talks about her youth in Brazil and explains how Brazil's rich cultures continues to influence her art. She also describes her academic and professional journeys; what it was like teaching remotely during the pandemic; and what she loves about teaching and making art.
    • Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Little Thunder, Julie Pearson - Prado, Cristiana
    • Date: 2021
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    Donald John Schrock Collection Corporal, Army, Korean War, 1950-1953 - California; Arizona; Japan; Korea.
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    John Allen Jones, Jr. Collection Major, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - . Army, Korean War, 1950-1953 - .
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    Exchange of mail at rural P.O., U.S.P.O.
    Title from the Biograph picture catalog: Exchanging of mail by wagon | Title from the Biograph production log: Exchange of mail at P.O. by rural wagon | Exchange of mail at rural post office, U.S.P.O.     "The opening scene shows a yard in front of what seems to be a two-story house. A small boy is standing in front of the house near a post box fastened to one of the columns supporting the roof of the building. A horse-drawn rural delivery wagon drives up and a man gets out, delivers mail, gets back in, and drives the wagon out...
    • Contributor: Weed, A. E. - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1903
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    Dick Davis interview conducted by Jonathan E. Kay, 2014-04-29 Dick Davis grew up interested in the outdoors, but joined the Navy after high school instead of going to college. After the Vietnam War, Davis, influenced by the era's increased interest in environmentalism, went back to school and received the necessary education to eventually secure a summer interpreter position, and then a full-time naturalist position. In this interview, Dick recalls learning how to interpret...
    • Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Davis, Dick - Kay, Jon
    • Date: 2014
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    Norman David Fellman Collection Corporal, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Oregon; France; Germany; Illinois.
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    Robert J. Hough Collection First Lieutenant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Pueblo and Albuquerque, New Mexico; Saint Louis, Missouri; Beloit, Wisconsin; Santa Ana, Visalia, Stockton, Chico and San Francisco, California; Georgia; Tonopah, Nevada; Hampton, Virginia; Pantelleria, Italy.
    • Contributor: Babcock, Robert O. - Swanson, Gary W. - Americans Remembered, Inc - Hough, Robert J.
    • Date: 1942
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    Thomas Wesley Richardson, Sr. Collection Second Lieutenant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - .
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    Helen Clara Burgess Collection First Lieutenant, Army Nurse Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - European Theater.
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    C. T. Vivian oral history interview conducted by Taylor Branch in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 March 29 C. T. Vivian recalls growing up in Macomb, Illinois, working in Peoria, Illinois, and his call to the ministry. He discusses attending the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee, where he met other civil rights activists and participated in demonstrations. He remembers planning the Freedom Rides, his imprisonment at Parchman Prison, the Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama, and working for the Southern Christian...
    • Contributor: Vivian, C. T. - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Branch, Taylor
    • Date: 2011-01-01

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    Flight to the future-- to the world of plastics "Promotional film for the pioneering American plastics company that surveys the contribution of plastics to everyday life. Flight to the future is stuctured as a discussion on a transcontinental flight, during which three plastics experts (a manufacturer, an engineer, and a designer) tell the flight attendant about their industry. Over the course of the film, a multitude of plastics products are shown"--The field guide...
    • Contributor: Blake, B. K. (Ben Kahn) - Modern Talking Picture Service - Warner, Jerry - Kenton, Erle C. - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Neill, Noel - Kaleb Film and Television Corporation - Wallace, George - Lowery, Robert - Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation. Bakelite Company
    • Date: 1952
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    Hicks family oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Bogalusa, Louisiana, 2011 May 27 The Hicks family remembers their childhood in segregated Bogalusa, Louisiana, and their father, Robert Hicks, a local civil rights leader. They recall leading a children's civil rights march in Bogalusa to protest discrimination at Woolworth's, hosting two white civil rights workers, Bill Yates and Steve Miller, and being protected by the Deacons of Defense and Justice.
    • Contributor: Hicks, Charles Ray - Hicks, Gregory Vincent - Hicks, Robert Lawrence - Collins, Barbara Maria - Hicks, Valeria Payton - Mosnier, Joseph - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Burras, Carol Cummings - Hicks, Darryl Robertson
    • Date: 2011-01-01
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    Rick Tuttle oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Culver City, California, 2013 April 11 Rick Tuttle describes his family background and when he first became aware of the sit-in movement and the Freedom Rides when he was a student at Wesleyan University. As a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), he was recruited to join the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1963 and went to Greenwood, Mississippi, to work on voter registration drives....
    • Contributor: Tuttle, Rick - Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P.
    • Date: 2013-01-01

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