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A cover sheet and patent drawing for Patent #835219 tracks the documents from start to finish for the “Base Ball Player’s Pad” as submitted by Elmer Flick in 1906. (Record Group 241: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent case files, 1836-1978. National Archives at Kansas City.)
A cover sheet and patent drawing for Patent #983857 tracks the documents from start to finish for the “Diamond Covers” as submitted by Fred C. Clarke in 1909. (Record Group 241: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent case files, 1836-1978. National Archives at Kansas City.)
A cover sheet and patent drawing for Patent #1034476 tracks the documents from start to finish for the “Cleats for Baseball Shoes” as submitted by Thomas F. McCarthy in 1912. (Record Group 241: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent case files, 1836-1978. National Archives at Kansas City.)
A cover sheet and patent drawing for Patent #1044494 tracks the documents from start to finish for the “Sliding Pad for Baseball Players” as submitted by Frederick C. Clarke in 1911. (Record Group 241: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent case files, 1836-1978. National Archives at Kansas City.)
A patent drawing for Patent #1069629 for the “Amusement Apparatus” that simulates a baseball game as submitted by Charles Nichols in 1907. (Record Group 241: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent case files, 1836-1978. National Archives at Kansas City.)
A cover sheet and patent drawing for Patent #1181291 tracks the documents from start to finish for the “Sun Glasses” as submitted by Fred C. Clarke in 1915. (Record Group 241: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent case files, 1836-1978. National Archives at Kansas City.)
A cover sheet and patent drawing for Patent #1641318 tracks the documents from start to finish for the “Sliding Pads” as submitted by Max G. Carey in 1924. (Record Group 241: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent case files, 1836-1978. National Archives at Kansas City.)
A cover sheet and patent drawing for Patent #2471736 tracks the documents from start to finish for the “Baseball Base” as submitted by William J. Klem and John G. Fleming in 1947. (Record Group 241: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent case files, 1836-1978. National Archives at Kansas City.)
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The crew of Apollo 8 was armed with still and movie cameras to photograph the Moon; but the most enduring image of their mission is this photograph of their own home, planet Earth. National Archives, Records of the U.S. Information Agency [306-PSD-68-4049c
Martin Luther King, Jr., and civil rights leaders with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Photograph by Abbie Rowe, National Park Service, in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
President Johnson and staff watch TV news about the assassination of Martn Luther King, Jr. LBJ Library photo by Mike Geissinger.
Map of Saigon defense of the U.S. Embassy. Department of Defense. Department of the Army. U.S. Army Pacific. U.S. Army Vietnam. 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile).