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St. George Sites–05, TPA 5, Ocean Dump Site

Record Group 370: Records of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationSeries: Central Photographic Files Relating to Environmental Problems and Remediation Activities, Social and Economic Life on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska

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Parking overlook, Section 1-L, Station 100, Blue Ridge Parkway

Record Group 30: Records of the Bureau of Public RoadsSeries: Historical Photograph FilesFile Unit: Highway Capacity - Turnouts

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Photograph of a Marine Landing at Danang, Vietnam

Record Group 127: Records of the U.S. Marine CorpsSeries: Color Photographs of Marine Corps Activities in Vietnam

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Petition for Naturalization for Antonio Rudolfo Quinn

Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United StatesSeries: Petitions for Naturalization

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Map of the Panama Canal Zone

Record Group 185: Records of the Panama CanalSeries: Historical Files of Arthur Raggi

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Memo from R. M. Boisjoly to R. K. Lund

Record Group 220: Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and BoardsSeries: Preliminary Control (PC) Numbered Documents

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Letter from W. Van Benthuysen to the Honorable Henry H. Bingham, Chairman, Post Offices and Post Roads Committee

Record Group 233: Records of the U.S. House of RepresentativesSeries: Petitions and Memorials of the Committee on Post Office and Civil ServiceFile Unit: Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures, and Related Documents Which Were Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads during the 51st Congress

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Advisors: Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara alone in meeting room

Collection LBJ-WHPO: White House Photo Office CollectionSeries: Johnson White House Photographs

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Letter Sent by John C. Breckinridge in Lexington, Kentucky to Rose O'Neal Greenhow

Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of StateSeries: Seized Correspondence of Rose O'Neal GreenhowFile Unit: John C. Breckinridge to Mrs. Greenhow

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Statement Submitted by Timuel D. Black

Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United StatesSeries: Civil Case FilesFile Unit: James William Webb, Jr. et al. v. the Board of Education of the City of Chicago and Benjamin C. Willis

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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Collection GB-COU: Records of the White House Office of Counsel to the President (George H. W. Bush Administration)Series: C. Boyden Gray’s Subject Files

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Item #120, Message from Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev to President Gerald Ford Regarding the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

Collection GRF-0332: Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft West Wing Office Files (Ford Administration)Series: Henry Kissinger’s and Brent Scowcroft’s General Subject Files

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“Wheat field on Dutch flats near Mitchell, Nebr. Farm of T.C. Shawver.”

Record Group 115: Records of the Bureau of ReclamationSeries: Construction Photographs

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Art Treasures Returned

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities

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Aerial Photograph of Mount Saint Helens, Washington

Record Group 263: Records of the Central Intelligence AgencySeries: Reconnaissance Photography

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