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Penne Laingen yellow ribbon collection, 1979-1991

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Series III: Graphic Images
BOX 1 FOLDER 16 Photograph: PH001 (contact sheet and negatives).
Twenty-eight images of Penne and Bruce Laingen at their Bethesda, Maryland home during their interview with Gerald Parsons. April 15, 1991. One black-and-white contact sheet, 8 x 10 in. Five black-and-white negative strips with twenty-eight frames.
BOX 1 FOLDER 17 Photograph: PH002 (print, slide, and negative).
An image of Bruce and Penne Laingen holding up the yellow ribbon around a tree in their Bethesda, Maryland yard. April 15, 1991. One black-and-white print, 8 x 10 in. One black-and-white negative strip with one frame. One color 35 mm slide of the same image.
BOX 1 FOLDER 18 Photograph: PH003 (print).
An image of Penne Laingen presenting the original yellow ribbon to Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington. July 2, 1991. One black-andwhite print, 8 x 10 in.
BOX 1 FOLDER 19 Photographs: PH004 - PH024 (prints and negatives).
Twenty-one images of yellow ribbons displayed in Maryland and Virginia during the Persian Gulf War, 1991. Photographer not known. Twenty-one color prints, 3 x 5 in. Six color negative strips with twenty-one frames.
BOX 1 FOLDER 20 Slides: PH025 - PH034
Ten images of Penne and Bruce Laingen at their Bethesda, Maryland home during their interview with Gerald Parsons. April 15, 1991. Ten color slides, 35 mm.
Map Case ITEM GR01 Two copies of a color poster
Foshay Tower at 821 Marquette Ave., Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota tied with an enormous yellow ribbon. 1981. Two color posters, 21 x 30 in. [See Reading Room Map Case]
Series IV: Moving Images
Note: All contents have been removed from Box 2 and are shelved separately.
BOX 2 ITEM MV01 WRC Yellow Ribbon. Moving image of the WRC, NBC News 4 nightly broadcast of the six o'clock news in Washington, DC, featuring the Laingen yellow ribbon donation to the Library of Congress. July 2, 1991. One videocassette (VHS) in color with sound. See Folder 15 for the Moving Image Log.
Series V: Artifacts
BOX 3 ITEM AR01 "God Bless America" pin featuring an American flag and a yellow ribbon. February 25, 1991. One novelty pin, 2 in.
BOX 3 ITEM AR02 "Yellow Ribbon Cocktail" sticks made in the shape of a ribbon. Undated. Eight novelty plastic sticks, 7 in.
BOX 3 ITEM AR03 "Free the Hostages" yellow ribbon pin framed by No Greater Love, a humanitarian organization that claims to have spearheaded the yellow ribbon campaign during the Iran hostage crisis. November 4, 1979 ­January 20, 1981. One framed item, 6 x 6 x 1.25 in.
BOX 3 ITEM AR04 "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" yellow ribbon display sign. Undated. One poster mounted on a plastic display stand, 8 x 10 in.
BOX 3 ITEM AR05 Mounted photograph of Bruce and Penne Laingen holding up their original yellow ribbon in the yard of their Bethesda, Maryland home. April 15, 1991. One color photograph mounted on a plastic display stand, 5.5 x 8 in.
BOX 4 ITEM AR06 The original yellow ribbon hung by Penne Laingen in honor of her husband, Bruce Laingen, while he was held hostage in Iran. 1979-1981. One oilcloth ribbon, 21 x 44 in.
Series VI: Electronic Media
BOX 1 FOLDER 21 Computer Disk: CF01
Administrative files related to the collection. One computer disk.

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