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Ralph Edwards Productions radio and television scripts, 1940-1975
7,900 items. 251 containers. 100.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Radio and television production company. Scripts from Ralph Edwards Productions' radio and television shows, primarily This Is Your Life and Truth or Consequences.
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Jim Thorpe papers, 1950
30 items. 1 container. 0.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Native American (Sac and Fox) athlete and Olympic gold medalist. Correspondence and an unpublished manuscript by Associated Press sportswriter Orlo Robertson, with Patricia Thorpe, related to Thorpe's life.
Ina Ginsburg papers, 1941-2015
24,000 items. 58 containers plus 1 oversize; 1 artifact. 23 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Arts patron, journalist, and socialite in Washington, D.C. Correspondence and invitations, biographical material, memoirs, transcripts of interviews, travel files, meeting minutes, membership lists, guest lists, memorabilia, photographs, printed matter, and clippings relating to Ginsburg's contributions as a Washington, D.C., arts patron and hostess, Washington editor of Andy Warhol's Interview magazine, and her work with the American Film Institute, the Fine Arts Advisory Panel of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Washington National Opera, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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Look Magazine Picture Research File (Library of Congress)
ca. 53,000 photographic prints (chiefly b&w, a few color). ca. 1,800 safety and nitrate film negatives (chiefly copy negatives). ca. 1,300 color transparencies. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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A collection of chiefly photographic prints used as reference material on personalities and a variety of subjects for the publication of stories in Look Magazine. Material focuses on popular activists, entertainers, politicians, locales, major conflicts, and movements of the mid-twentieth century.
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George Fayer portrait photograph collection
ca. 250 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 41 x 51 cm and smaller. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The photographs depict notable people such as diplomats, military and political leaders, musicians and celebrities, both American and foreign.
Bachrach studio portraits of notables
79 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ; 14 x 17 in.. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Materials depict leading political, social, and cultural figures of the period including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, presidential candidates, cabinet members, diplomats, foreign leaders, religious leaders, political commentators, artists, scientists, authors, musicians, explorers, U.S. Supreme Court justices, and senators.
Josef Breitenbach collection : portraits, figure studies, documentary views of Asia, Europe, and the United States
241 photographic prints : gelatin silver, b&w ; 14 x 11 in. or smaller.. 12 photographic prints : color ; 8 x 10 in.. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Photographs show entertainers, composers, writers, politicians, artists, educators and some nude figure studies. Famous people depicted include Josef Albers, Emile Bernard, Bertolt Brecht, Max Ernst, Lyonel Feininger, Leonhard Frank, Wassily Kandinsky, John Steinbeck, and Sarah Vaughan. Documentary photographs of Asia show city and village life, landscapes, workers, women, children and temples in Bali, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, and Nepal. Some sites in the United States, Canada, and Europe are also featured.
Diana Denny caricature and illustration drawings collection
397 drawings, newspaper clippings, and graphic display materials.. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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A representative selection of Diana Denny's original caricature drawings and newspaper clippings portraying political and civic leaders of the twentieth century, as well as famous individuals in art, science, and sports. The collection includes one oversized drawing by Denny of the Nuremberg trials.
National Photo Company collection
ca. 40,000 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; various sizes.. ca. 40,000 negatives : glass, and some safety film ; from 4 x 5 in. to 8 x 10 in.. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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The National Photo Company Collection documents virtually all aspects of Washington, D.C., life, including inaugurations, sports, landmarks, conventions, and topics of local interest. During the administrations of Presidents Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover, the National Photo Company supplied photographs of current news events in Washington, D.C., as a daily service to its subscribers. Herbert French, the National Photo Company owner and a photographer himself, was a member of the White House News Photographers at the time of its founding. He covered the administrations of Presidents Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. His collection of portraits includes many prominent officials and social figures. Visitors to the capital, protests and parades, conventions and meetings, events in Congress, inaugurations and White House events, and to a limited extent, world events in general are represented in the collection. Herbert French was particularly fond of baseball, and the Washington Senators are documented thoroughly, especially in years when they were the contenders for the pennant. Similarly he covered horse shows and automobile racing.
New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Subject/Geographical File
ca. 250,000 items. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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This photo morgue covers subjects typical of a large, mid-1900s city newspaper, including African American civil rights, world wars, crime, health care, business, and sports. The biographical series, 75% of the collection, has portraits and activities of local, national, and international newsmakers, including U.S. presidents, authors, entertainers, and labor leaders. New York City events and people are heavily represented.
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