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"Sightseer" cruises past the Statue of Liberty

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The "Sightseer" cruise yacht belonging to Circle Line cruises by the Statue of Liberty Memorial in the New York Harbor with a large crowd on board.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Abraham Lincoln bust under construction at Mount Rushmore

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The Abraham Lincoln façade being carved on Mount Rushmore by sculptors tethered by ropes or hanging in baskets about Lincoln's face.

Member of
Jacob L. Loose Collection

Abraham Lincoln under construction at Mount Rushmore

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Abraham Lincoln façade under construction at Mount Rushmore, has sculptors tethered by ropes hanging about the monument.

Member of
Jacob L. Loose Collection

Brandenburg Gate

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Street signs and road barriers in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, West Germany. The photo is from a trip by the Urban Affairs...

Date Published
September-1969
Member of
Richard W. Bolling Collection

Brandenburg Gate

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Street signs and road barriers in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, West Germany. The photo is from a trip by the Urban Affairs...

Date Published
September-1969
Member of
Richard W. Bolling Collection

Crowd gathered for the march

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View of a large crowd (overwhelmingly white) gathered in the morning in a park for the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and...

Date Published
April-25-1993
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Distant view of the Jefferson Memorial

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Photo taken from inside a car of the Jefferson Memorial in the distance; the memorial is sunlit but the area where the car is shaded; trees and stop...

Date Published
March-2000
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Inauguration Album, Republic of Liberia, January 1952 - Page 35

Three columns of printed negative strips with images from Inaugural Ceremonies for the Liberian President. Image descriptions from top to bottom, left...

Date Published
January-1952
Member of
Inauguration Album - Republic of Liberia - January 1952

Lincoln Memorial

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View of the Lincoln Memorial from the bottom of the stairs leading up to it with several people seen on the stairs; photo taken as part of Bill Todd...

Date Published
October-11-1987
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Litter box and distant view of the March and the Jefferson Memorial

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View of a trash can marked "Litter box", sandy paths and a few people milling about; in the distance part of the crowd for the Second National March...

Date Published
October-11-1987
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

March participants near the Washington Monument

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Crowd of participants (overwhelmingly white) in the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation in a park by the...

Date Published
April-25-1993
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Memphis Slim's note on Beale Street in Memphis

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Memphis Slim's (Peter Chatman) note on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee; text on note reads "Memphis Slim, U.S. Ambassador of Goodwill".

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Monument to Archduke Rudolf of Hapsburg

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Outdoor memorial monument, possibly by Ernst Herter, in Achilleion, Corfu, Greece, for Rudolf, Archduke of Austria and Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary...

Date Published
1890 to 1900
Member of
Jacob L. Loose Collection

Mount Rushmore under construction

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The busts of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln on Mount Rushmore are under construction with sculptors tethered to ropes and...

Member of
Jacob L. Loose Collection

Richard Bolling at Yad Kennedy

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Richard Bolling standing next to a plaque at the Yad Kennedy memorial in Jerusalem, Israel. Bolling is visiting during a trip by the Urban Affairs...

Date Published
September-1969
Member of
Richard W. Bolling Collection

Richard Bolling at Yad Kennedy

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Richard Bolling standing next to a plaque at the Yad Kennedy memorial in Jerusalem, Israel. Bolling is visiting during a trip by the Urban Affairs...

Date Published
September-1969
Member of
Richard W. Bolling Collection

Sculpting Mount Rushmore

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Workers, tethered on ropes, carving the George Washington and Thomas Jefferson busts on Mount Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota. Signed in ink in the...

Member of
Jacob L. Loose Collection

Sculpting Mount Rushmore

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Sculptors, tethered to ropes, hang about the busts of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln as they work on Mount Rushmore under...

Member of
Jacob L. Loose Collection

Thomas Jefferson under construction at Mount Rushmore

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Thomas Jefferson façade under construction at Mount Rushmore, in Keystone, South Dakota, has the ladders, ropes, and baskets that suspend the...

Member of
Jacob L. Loose Collection

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