RMF2AWRF–Novelist Fannie Hurst in the 1930s, at the middle of her 50 year writing career. Her 1933 novel IMITATION OF LIFE, was adapted for films in 1934 and 1959. The 1946 Joan Crawford film drama, HUMORESQUE was based on a story by Hurst. (CSU 2015 11 1222)
RMKWD82F–Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, listening to a radio on Dec. 31, 1924. (BSLOC 2015 16 50)
RMKWC4J3–President Warren Harding shakes hands with Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium, April 24, 1923. (BSLOC 2015 15 50)
RMKWC3CX–German children equipped with swastika flags look toward an advancing Nazi parade. Ca. 1935-1939. Unidentified location. (BSLOC 2015 13 50)
RMDD774P–Old Senate Chamber was used by the Supreme Court from 1860 until 1935, as photographed in 1935. (BSLOC 2013 8 50)
RMF2B5CR–Wartime Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, with his wife Clementine on his 73rd Birthday. The leader of the Conservative Opposition Party, is at his London home. Nov. 30, 1947. - (BSLOC 2014 17 50)
RMKWCWXK–THE NAVY NEEDS YOU! DONT READ AMERICAN HISTORY - MAKE IT! American World War 1 recruiting poster by James Montgomery Flagg, 1917 (BSLOC 2017 1 50)
RMKWD8EC–Baseball Managers Walter Johnson (left) and Connie Mack, April 17, 1929. They were at the season opener at Griffith Stadium between the Washington Senators and Mack's Philadelphia Athletics. (BSLOC 2015 17 50)
RMKWDJ7T–VENETIAN CANAL, by John Singer Sargent, 1913, American watercolor painting. In the background is the Campanile in St. Marks Square (BSLOC 2017 9 50)
RMKWC42Y–Henry Kissinger, standing with President Jomo Kenyatta, in Nairobi, Kenya, 1976. Kissinger holds a shield and sword, while Kenyatta has a pike. April 27, 1976. (BSLOC 2015 14 50)
RMKWDJ1D–Theodore Roosevelt addressing the Progressive National Convention, August 6, 1912. He gave a 2 hour speech in which he attacked both the Republican and Democratic parties as undemocratic (BSLOC 2017 8 50)
RMKWDHWB–MURAL FROM THE TEMPLE OF LONGING THITHER, by Paul Klee, 1922, Swiss painting, watercolor and ink. Illusionistic geometric abstraction is sweetly colored with primary and secondary colors (BSLOC 2017 7 50)
RMKWDJCK–Crew of the USS Texas, posing with ammunition. During the Battle of Santiago on July 3, 1898, the battleships shelled and disabled the Spanish cruisers Vizcaya and Cristobal Colon (BSLOC 2017 10 50)
RMF2B4E8–Democratic Senator Daniel Moynihan in the U.S. Capitol, Jan 24, 1977. He served in the Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford Administrations before he was elected to the Senate in 1976. - (BSLOC 2015 1 50)
RMKWD9PN–Workers assembling condensers at the Atwater Kent Factory in North Philadelphia, 1925. The largest manufacturer of radios in the U.S. employed over 12,000 in the 1920s (BSLOC 2016 10 50)
RMKWCXKG–Water Lilies, by Claude Monet, 1916–19, French impressionist painting, oil on canvas. In his last decade, Monet painted waterlilies in a fluid, free style (BSLOC 2017 3 50)
RMKWCX78–Crowd at the Reichstag Building, Berlin, at the proclamation of new government Nov. 10, 1918. Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated on the same day, in the aftermath of Germanys defeat in World War 1 (BSLOC 2017 2 50)
RMF2B3N1–DuPont Ladies at Munitions probe. Right to left: Felix DuPont, Mrs. DuPont and their daughter Lydia, pictured as spectators before the Senate Munitions probe, Dec. 17, 1934. - (CSU 2015 5 50)
RMKWD28P–British soldiers and horses boarding a train to the battle front during the Boer War, Feb. 1900. Their first priority was relief of the besieged cities of Ladysmith, Kimberley, and Mafeking, all taken in early Boers offensives in 1899 (BSLOC 2017 20 50)
RMKWD931–Message on the wall of the Argonaut Mine, reading, '3 o'clock, gas getting strong', Sept 28, 1922. Jackson, California. A miner at left looks into the chamber where 47 entombed miners died. Most were immigrants from Italy, Spain, and Serbia (BSLOC 2016 8 50)
RMKWCYC5–First Steps, after Millet, by Vincent Van Gogh, 1890, Dutch Post-Impressionist, oil on canvas. While a patient at the asylum in Saint-Remy, Van Gogh painted copies after realist Jean-Francois Millet (BSLOC 2017 5 50)
RMKWDJRY–A new shoe store at 822 Market St. is open for business in San Francisco in 1906. In the background a steel frame building is under construction amid the ruins from the April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake (BSLOC 2017 17 50)
RMKWDJJE–CHRIST BLESSING, by Segna di Buonaventura, 1311, Italian Proto-Renaissance tempera painting. Christs face, hand and red clock are painted in modeled forms. These contrast with the to gold lines on the blue garment from the traditional Byzantine style (BSLOC 2017 16 50)
RMKWCWAR–World War 1 in the Middle East. Sherif of Medina preaching the Holy War. He joined the Sheil-el-Islam of Istanbul, attempting to rally all Islamic people to join the Central Powers (Austria, Germany, Turkey) against the allied nations of the Triple Entente (France, UK, Russia). Oct-Nov 1914. (BSLOC 2013 1 50)
RMKWCRJJ–First Lady Michelle Obama poses with former First Ladies, April 25, 2013. L-R: Michelle Obama; Laura Bush; Hillary Rodman Clinton; Barbara Bush; Rosalynn Carter. They were attending the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. (BSLOC 2015 3 50)
RMF2AX3T–New York City policeman in ruins following September 11th terrorist attack on World Trade Center. He stands in the rubble with the north pedestrian bridge over West Side Highway (West St.). In the background left is World Financial Center 2 (WFC2) and at right, WFC3. (BSLOC 2015 2 50)
RMKWDK53–Sen. Henry Dawes, sponsored the 1887, General Allotment Act of 1887. Native Americans lost about two-thirds of their 1887 land base, over the life of the Dawes Act (about 30 years). The law allowed for communal tribal land to be divided into allotments for individual households. Later amendments allowed for allotment taxation and sale. Actor Aidan Quinn played Dawes in the 2007 film BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE (BSLOC 2017 18 50)
RMKWDHKH–President Theodore Roosevelt chopping, a fallen tree with an axe, summer 1905. Woodcutting was one form of exercise he took while at Sagamore Hill, his home in Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY (BSLOC 2017 6 50)
RMKWCXXK–Theodore Roosevelt delivering a speech, Brattleboro, Vermont, Sept. 1902. From Aug. 22 through Sept. 3, TR made a 600 mile circuit of New England making major policy speeches to large crowds (BSLOC 2017 4 50)
RMCWCD1W–African American man with eyes swollen shut from beating. Ca. 1945-50,
RMCWC6XG–Impressment of American seaman by the British Navy. Approximately 50 of the sailors working on US merchant ships were legally
RMCWAG3C–General George C. Marshall as Secretary of Defense 9/21/50. Courtesy: CSU Archives / Everett Collection
RMD18G86–President Richard Nixon with Melvin Laird, Secy of Defense. They announced cancellation of draft calls for 50,000 men in
RMD18J2B–Order form for a $6.50 Ku Klux Klan uniform. It is addressed to Imperial Wizard Simmons and contains the stipulation that the
RMEG6PH6–General Douglas MacArthur addressing an audience of 50,000 at Soldier's Field, Chicago on April 26, 1951. He simplified the
RMCWB4PD–Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of art work from the 'Index of American Design,' at the Federal Art Gallery, 50
RMCWAT1K–WILLIAM S. PALEY, Founder of CBS, photo dated 04/15/50.. Courtesy: CSU Archives / Everett Collection
RMCWAB22–John Buchan (1875-1940) Scottish writer of over 50 adventure books, historical novels, and biographies. 'Thirty-Nine Steps'
RMD18EAB–Herbert Hoover's only 1928 campaign stop in the Democratic South. The 1928 Republican presidential nominee, spoke to 50,000
RMD18FN8–Herbert Hoover's only 1928 campaign stop in the Democratic South. The 1928 Republican presidential nominee, spoke to 50,000
RMD18J65–George 'Bugs' Moran, 50, and M.W. McFarlin, FBI agent (right) in Owensboro police station. He was arrested by the FBI for
RMDD75DK–Depression era city restaurant with posted menu and prices. 15 cents in the 1930s is equivalent to $2.50 in 2013.
RMEG6N86–The Sherman tank was the primary battle tank of the U. S. and Western Allies from 1942-45. Nearly 50,000 were produced during
RMCWA82T–President Taft's 'Pierce Arrow,' a luxury auto with 6 cycle, that reached speeds near 50 mph. Photo from 1909.
RMCWC055–50-foot dish antenna at Kennedy Space Center in 2006, is a radar antenna used to track space vehicles and rockets.
RMCWC056–50-foot dish antenna at Kennedy Space Center in 2006, is a radar antenna used to track space vehicles and rockets.
RMCWB31Y–World War II, Sergeant Edward T. Spetch, Sergeant Vernon Nelson, Flying Fortress gunners carefully clean their .50 caliber
RMCWB36X–Coffee, original caption: 'Inflation. In Germany after the last war, it was possible to pay 50 million dollars for a nickel cup
RMCWC3DX–Harlow H. Curtice president of General Motors with a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Sport Coupe the 50 millionth car produced by
RMEG6PH4–General Douglas MacArthur addressing an audience of 50,000 at Soldier's Field, Chicago on April 26, 1951. Three million people
RMCWCDT4–Apollo 11 Moon view. Crater Daedalus on the lunar, has a diameter of about 50 miles and is a typical of the rugged terrain on
RMCWAGRX–Lucky Luciano (1896-1962), being escorted into court by two detectives in 1936. Luciano was sentenced to 30-to-50-year prison
RMCWC4W7–Buildings are destroyed in Jacmel Haiti from 7.0-magnitude earthquake. Jacmel with a population of 50 000 lost 350 people to
RMEG6R6T–F-84 Thunderjet firing .50 caliber tracer bullets as maintenance men test the wing guns. The jet will be on a bombing and
RMEG6R52–Charles De Gaulle speaking, ca. 1947-50. From April 1947 to May 1953, De Gaulle attempted to achieve national leadership
RMCWC2A2–Louis Bleriot 1872-1936 seated in his 50 horse power mono-plane which is under construction in his workshop. LC-USZ62-107352
RMCWBRE2–Lower Manhattan illuminated by ten photoflash cartridges of 50,000,000 candlepower each, dropped from a B-17 in June 1949
RMCWAJR3–Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994) at the finish line during 50 yard dash at track meet in Madison Square Garden in 1961.
RMEG6R55–Charles De Gaulle speaking, ca. 1947-50. From April 1947 to May 1953, De Gaulle used the French People's Party was his platform
RMCWAXDX–Korea War: Captured North Korean boys being questioned by U.S. Soldier, Korea, 10/06/50.. Courtesy: CSU Archives / Everett
RMCWB4DF–Machine used in a mine that digs the coal and loads it on the car, with it 3 men can do the work of 50 in the old way, yet they
RMCWAWDF–A page from an 1897 Sears Roebuck catalog offering Ladies' Goodyear Welt Lace and Button boots, each costing $2.50 a pair.
RMCWAXE5–Korean War: U.S. Bombers attack Korean side of Sinuiji Bridge, Korea, 11-29-50.. Courtesy: CSU Archives / Everett Collection
RMCWCEXY–The CHARLIE shot was a 14 kiloton nuclear bomb dropped from a B-50 bomber at Yucca Flat. The test was part of the Buster-Jangle
RMCWA80B–SOMEWHERE IN KOREA, 10/6/50: Two North Korean boys, serving in North Korean Army, are interrogated by a GI after their
RMCWAWX1–Lynching of A.B. Young, an African American man accused of killing 45 year old highway worker Hardy McKie. A mob of 50 whites
RMCWB4PG–William Gross, newsboy, 15 years old, selling papers 5 years, earns 50 cents a week to go to movies, visit saloons, and smoke.
RMCWA80A–10/01/50--SOUTH KOREA: During heavy fighting, U.S. Marines snatch a moment's rest behind a wall in the streets of Seoul..
RMKWD88W–Strongman Sigmund 'Zishe' Breitbar pulling a wagon-load of 50 people with his teeth. Washington, D.C., Nov 27, 1923. (BSLOC 2015 17 172)
RMEG6N4C–U.S. soldiers pinned down by a enemy machine gun, 50 feet from White Beach, Leyte Island. Oct. 21, 1944. Philippines, Battle of
RMCWAC0M–Ben Hogan takes practice shot in New Rochelle, NY, 06-14-50 after coming back from near death auto accident the year before..
RMCWA80E–7/8/50--SUWON, KOREA: A tea shop in Suwon put up a large sign to welcome US troops during the war.. Courtesy: CSU Archives /
RMKWCX6C–Lenin and Stalin receive a delegation from the peoples of Central Asia. Soviet Russian social realist painting by Konstantin Finogenov, c. 1930-50. The painting contributed to Stalins mythmaking about his relationship with Lenin (BSLOC 2017 2 29)
RMKWDA4N–World War 1 Tanks. German soldiers standing on and around a tank with an Iron Cross insignia. It is one of approximately 50 British tanks captured, repaired, and used in battle by the Germans. Ca. 1917-18. (BSLOC 2013 1 157)
RMF2AXW3–Draft Director Louis Hershey driven from the stage by anti-war protestors at Howard University. March 21, 1967. 50 African American students surrounded the 73 year old Gen. Hershey waving anti-draft posters. (CSU 2015 9 955)
RMKWC2T1–African American enlisted men working on the load line at the Hastings Ammunition Depot, Nebraska. In 1944 they worked 50 hours a week in dangerous conditions and endured discriminatory racial segregation. World War 2 (BSLOC 2015 13 101)
RMF2B516–The Federal Theatre presents the world's greatest! The WPA's Federal Theater Project supported this circus with 200 sawdust stars, 60 acts, 30 clowns, a 50 piece band, trained dogs, monkeys and ponies. Ca. 1935-39. - (BSLOC 2015 1 159)
RMKWCXF9–The Pont Neuf, by Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1849-50, Dutch realist painting, oil on canvas. His painterly open brushwork, and luminous sky forecast impressionism, while the composition shows the influence of his teacher, the French Romantic marine painter, Eugene Isabey (BSLOC 2017 3 160)
RMKWD8NC–A. Philip Randolph, civil rights leader proposed an African American 'March on Washington' in 1942. He aimed to protest racist job discrimination in war industries, lynching, and segregation of the American Armed forces. The threatened demonstration of 50 (BSLOC 2016 7 35)
RMKWC3M5–Female demonstrator offers a flower to military police during the 1967 March on the Pentagon. 50,000 Anti-Vietnam War demonstrators were led by Abbie Hoffman and marched from the Lincoln Memorial to The Pentagon on Oct. 21, 1967. (BSLOC 2015 14 137)
RMKWD8NF–A. Philip Randolph, civil rights leader proposed an African American 'March on Washington' in 1942. He aimed to protest racist job discrimination in war industries, lynching, and segregation of the American Armed forces. The threatened demonstration of 50 (BSLOC 2016 7 36)
RMKWDK2E–President Donald Trump hardening US policy toward Cuba, June 19, 2017. He signs the National Security Presidential Memorandum on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba. It maintained the 50 year ban on tourism and economic embargo (BSLOC 2017 18 167)
RMKWDJGA–QUILT, EAGLE PATTERN, 1837-50, New England, American crafts, cotton textile. The quilt is dated by its printed cottons that date from the 1830s and 1840s. Also, the twenty-sixth star above the eagle’s head, may celebrate Michigans admission to the union in 1837 (BSLOC 2017 16 123)
RMF2B5GJ–Color television is demonstrated at Radiolympia Exhibition in London. Sept 1949. The method demonstrated employs synchronized rotating color filters in both the camera and receiver (on right), giving 50 pictures per second in the three primary colors, which the human eye blends into full color. - (BSLOC 2014 17 141)
RMF2AWCY–Republicans Wendell Willkie (left) with Thomas Dewey, his former rival for GOP nomination. Sept. 28, 1940. Wilkie addressed a crowd of more than 50,000 Republicans at Empire City Race Track, Yonkers, New York. Said Willkie: 'I want to say to you that if we do not prevail this Fall, this way of life will fall.' (CSU 2015 11 1398)
RMF2B3WK–Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle in 'Pygmalion'. George Bernard Shaw wrote the play expressly for the 50 year old Mrs. Pat. In 1914, she played Eliza Doolittle in the original West End London production. Photo is from the 1915 New York production with Philip Merivale playing Professor Henry Higgins. - (CSU 2015 5 26)
RMKWC3C9–1st Div. U.S. Marines were greeted by crowds of Chinese in Tientsin, in Sept. 1945. When Japan surrendered in 1945, the 50,000 Marines of the now unnecessary invasion force were sent to China. Their mission was to accept surrender from Japanese and repatriate them. Also to help the Nationalists (as opposed to Communists) reassert their control over areas vacated by the Japanese. (BSLOC 2015 13 41)
RMKWDA06–World War 1 in East Asia. Some of the 3,000 German defenders of Tsingtao, a German colony seized from China in 1897. For six weeks they resisted 50,000 Japanese soldiers. The Battle ended with 200 Germans killed to a Japanese death toll of 1,455. The soldier second from right appears to have Jewish ancestry. Sept.-Oct. 1914. (BSLOC 2013 1 11)
RMF2AXPC–Canadian and British observers illumined by both the sun and an atomic blast of ABLE, a 1-kiloton atomic bomb. January 27, 1951. B-50 Superfortress dropped the first A-bomb of the Operation Ranger series, at the Nevada Proving Ground, in an unpopulated desert 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Most observers have goggles, but others without eye protection, stand with their backs to the blast. (BSLOC 2015 2 12)
RMF2AWBY–Vincent Charles Teresa, a.k.a. Fat Vinnie, became an informer after his 1971 arrest. After he was jailed for a million-dollar stock swindle, his testimony led to the indictment or conviction of more than 50 crime figures who put out a $500,000 murder contract on him. Hidden in the Witness Protection Program he died of natural causes in 1990. (CSU 2015 11 1421)
RMF2AXNN–President George W. Bush in a multiscreen video conference at Offutt Air Force Base, Sept. 11, 2001. He met with the National Security Council in a teleconference via the U.S. STRATCOM bunker. He arrived from Sarasota at 2:50 PM and left for Washington, D.C. at 4:26 PM. Sitting next to Bush are White House Chief of Staff Andy Card (left) and Adm. Richard Mies. (BSLOC 2015 2 134)
RMF2AWK7–Bill Tilden, former Tennis Champion, ca. 1951. He was isolated from former friends and associates after his two imprisonments on homosexual related morals charges. Charlie Chaplin allowed Tilden to use his private court for lessons to help him continue working. (CSU 2015 11 1332)
RMKWC40P–Southern Mountaineer, Doris Ulmann's portrait of an Appalachian man, ca. 1928. He is likely of Scotch-Irish ancestry and wears a suit and hat with holes. (BSLOC 2015 14 226)
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