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The 1961 Berlin Crisis
In August 1961, East Germans began cutting off all avenues of escape to West Berlin. The Berlin Wall would stand for 28 years. More
The Lighter Side of the Universal Newsreel Collection
While documenting the major stories of its era, the Universal Newsreel collection also chronicled the lives of ordinary citizens, their fads and fashions, the heroic and the ridiculous. More
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Buffalo Soldiers ride at an unidentified ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy. [404-WS-6-5465-3; download hi-res image]
Buffalo Soldiers ride at an unidentified ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy. [404-WS-6-5465-2; download hi-res image]
Buffalo Soldiers ride at an unidentified ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy. [404-WS-6-5465-6; download hi-res image]
Buffalo Soldiers ride at an unidentified ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy. [404-WS-6-5465-7; download hi-res image]
Buffalo Soldiers ride at an unidentified ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy at the U.S. Military Academy. [404-WS-6-5465-5; download hi-res image]
The Riding Hall at the U.S. Military Academy [404-WS-6-4518-1; download hi-res image]
The Riding Hall at the U.S. Military Academy [404-WS-6-4518-2; download hi-res image]
Equestrian Training at the U.S. Military Academy [404-WS-6-4518-5; download hi-res image]
Equestrian Training at the U.S. Military Academy [404-WS-6-4518-7; download hi-res image]
Equestrian Training at the U.S. Military Academy [404-WS-6-4518-8; download hi-res image]
Cavalry Detachment Football Team at the U.S. Military Academy [404-WS-6-4886-2; download high-res image]
Cavalry Detachment Football Team at the U.S. Military Academy [404-WS-6-4886-1; download hi-res image]
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Fred Rogers was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush on July 9, 2002, for his service to the nation and dedication to the education of children.(National Archives Identifier 7431400)
Fred McFeely Rogers' World War II draft card has been digitized through a partnership with Ancestry.com. (National Archives at St. Louis image)
Side two of Fred McFeely Rogers' World War II draft card. (National Archives at St. Louis image)
Photograph of Two Toboggans Starting Down the Slide at Silver Valley Winter Sports Area | RG 95 | Series: Historic Photographs, ca. 1880 - ca. 1970 | NAID 2128507
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Photograph of The Eastland (upside down) on Chicago River, Chicago | RG 21 | Series: Criminal Case Files, 1863 - 1969 | NAID 281841
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Declaration of Intention for Enrico Fermi | RG 21 | Series: Naturalization Petition and Record Books, 1906 - ca. 1975 | NAID 281852
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Photograph of Eugene V. Debs Speaking in Canton, Ohio | RG 21 | Series: Criminal Case Files, 1912 - 1986 | NAID 2641496
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Description of Allotment 105 for Kitchi o jan mwe we gi jig (Big George Skye) | RG 75 | Series: Surveys of Indian Industry, 1922 - 1922 | NAID 282246
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Home Card: What You Can Do to Help Win This War | RG 4 | Series: General Correspondence, 1917 - 1918 | NAID 20762195
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