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• Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham field, Fort Worth, Tex. (LOC)

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  • 43 comments
  • 488 favorites
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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• Negro migratory workers and one shack, Belle Glade, Fla. (LOC)

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  • 0 comments
  • 21 favorites
  • 70,791 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• Letter for Santa Claus (LOC)

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  • 23 comments
  • 236 favorites
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  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
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• High above, over a true "home of the brave," the floating folds of the Star Spangled Banner symbolize the American way of life to soldiers in training for the battles that will bring freedom to an unhappy, wartorn world, Fort Knox, Ky. (LOC)

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  • 54 favorites
  • 62,373 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• High above, over a true "home of the brave," the floating folds of the Star Spangled Banner symbolize the American way of life to soldiers in training for the battles that will bring freedom to an unhappy, wartorn world, Fort Knox, Ky. (LOC)

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  • 3 comments
  • 44 favorites
  • 50,210 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• High above, over a true "home of the brave," the floating folds of the Star Spangled Banner symbolize the American way of life to soldiers in training for the battles that will bring freedom to an unhappy, war-torn world, Fort Knox, Ky. (LOC)

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  • 0 comments
  • 28 favorites
  • 46,545 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Easter on 5th Ave., N.Y.C. (LOC)

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  • 5 comments
  • 66 favorites
  • 38,696 views
  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
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• Palm trees along the road, vicinity of Christiansted, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands (LOC)

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  • 19 favorites
  • 37,275 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• Tree stripped by Geneva, N.Y. cyclone (LOC)

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  • 3 comments
  • 13 favorites
  • 16,021 views
  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2008-03-14
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• 3 Ton Electric Sign Blown into Broadway, N.Y. (LOC)

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  • 7 comments
  • 9 favorites
  • 11,249 views
  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
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• Laurette Taylor and Hartley Manners (LOC)

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  • 2 comments
  • 21 favorites
  • 10,049 views
  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2011-03-18
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• Electrical sign blown into Broadway, N.Y. (LOC)

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  • 1 comment
  • 4 favorites
  • 8,490 views
  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
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• Signalling from cash register bldg. - Dayton (flood) (LOC)

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  • 6 favorites
  • 7,714 views
  • Date taken: 1913
  • Date uploaded: 2008-09-26
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