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Reverend Guilford Larimer Speaking about Burnside School

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

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Photograph of Firemen Practicing to Improve Their Speed During Fire Drill

Record Group 185: Records of the Panama CanalSeries: Photographs Related to the Operation and Development of the Panama Canal Zone

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Memorandum of Conference with the President

Collection DDE-WHOSS: White House Office, Office of the Staff Secretary: Records of Paul T. Carroll, Andrew J. Goodpaster, L. Arthur Minnich, and Christopher H. RussellSeries: Alphabetical Subject FilesFile Unit: Intelligence Matters (13)

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Photograph of President Harry S. Truman Playing the Piano While Jack Benny Plays the Violin

Collection HST-PHC: Photograph CollectionSeries: Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman

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Remarks of President Dwight D. Eisenhower on Signing Proclamation 3309, Admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union

Collection DDE-WHCF: White House Central Files (Eisenhower Administration)Series: Official FilesFile Unit: OF 147-E Hawaii (12)

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News from the U.S. Department of Labor, “Federal Stop-Order on Indio Farmer” (USDL-IX-59S56), San Francisco, August 3, 1959.

Record Group 174: General Records of the Department of LaborSeries: Records Relating to the Mexican Labor (“Bracero”) ProgramFile Unit: Mexican Labor Program, General Correspondence

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Position Description for Mercury Astronaut

Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSeries: Reference Files of the Special Assistant

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Presidential Proclamation 3282 of April 18, 1959, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower declaring May 1, 1959 Loyalty Day.

Record Group 11: General Records of the United States GovernmentSeries: Presidential Proclamations

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Segre’s anti-proton experiment, counting area, Tom Elioff. Photograph taken April 17, 1959. Bevatron-1783

Record Group 434: General Records of the Department of EnergySeries: Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Central Intelligence Agency Report on U-2 Spy Plane Vulnerability Tests

Collection DDE-WHOSS: White House Office, Office of the Staff Secretary: Records of Paul T. Carroll, Andrew J. Goodpaster, L. Arthur Minnich, and Christopher H. RussellSeries: Alphabetical Subject FilesFile Unit: Intelligence Matters (9)

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Press Release, President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Statement on the Signing of S. 50, the Act Providing for the Admission of Hawaii into the Union

Collection DDE-WHCF: White House Central Files (Eisenhower Administration)Series: Official FilesFile Unit: OF 147-E Hawaii (10)

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Memorandum for the Record Authored by Andrew J. Goodpaster

Collection DDE-WHOSS: White House Office, Office of the Staff Secretary: Records of Paul T. Carroll, Andrew J. Goodpaster, L. Arthur Minnich, and Christopher H. RussellSeries: Alphabetical Subject FilesFile Unit: Intelligence Matters (9)

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Old Eklutna Power Plant, February 3, 1959

Record Group 447: Records of the Alaska Power AdministrationSeries: Eklutna Power Project PhotographsFile Unit: Various Eklutna Power Project Photographs [2 of 4]

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Presidential Proclamation 3269 of January 3, 1959, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower admitting the State of Alaska into the Union.

Record Group 11: General Records of the United States GovernmentSeries: Presidential Proclamations

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“Photograph of Ribbon Cutting Ceremony,” 11/3/1959 “Series: White House Albums, 1953 - 1961. Record Group 79: Records of the National Park Service, 1785 - 2006.
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“Photograph of Ribbon Cutting Ceremony,” 11/3/1959  

Series: White House Albums, 1953 - 1961. Record Group 79: Records of the National Park Service, 1785 - 2006.

This is a photograph of President Dwight D. Eisenhower at a ribbon cutting ceremony. This event marked the opening of a new extension of the George Washington Memorial Parkway.

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