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  • Collection: United States History, 1914-1945

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Photo of Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the executive order 9066

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Rockets similar to this R-7 rocket on display in Moscow were used to launch early Russian satellites into orbit, including Sputnik.

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Portrait photograph of Major General Leslie Groves in full dress uniform after he was promoted to Major General in March of 1944.

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Al Capone called over Chicago Cubs star Gabby Hartnett at a charity baseball game in 1931 asking for the catcher's autograph

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Virginia Hill

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Ma Barker-Barker Gang

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Stephanie St. Clair, mobster in Harlem

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The coroner's office provided the Federal Bureau of Investigation with Al Capone's fingerprints following his death.

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NRA Blue Eagle poster. This would be displayed in store windows, on packages, and in ads.

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Al Capone died on January 25th, 1947 of a cardiac arrest, along with minor complications of syphilis and pneumonia.

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a propagranda poster from the US, published during the time of the cold war.

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A picture of one of the many farm labor camps throughout the Pacific Northwest, that were initiated by the Farm Security Administration in the same region.

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Political Cartoon from 1921 showing disapproval of immigration to the United States.

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"Cartoon shows two pairs of hands grasping for an Atom Bomb, one with a sleeve bearing a star and a cufflink reading "US," the other with a hammer and sickle. Probably drawn after President Truman announced in September 1949 that the Soviet Union had…

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Newspaper Clipping

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This is a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt from attorney General Biddle to plea with Franklin not to go through with the Executive Order.

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Citrus workers at the Hewes ranch in Tustin in the 1920s. Click for larger version.

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Eleanor Roosevelt asks for tolerance from the Japanese.

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The Godfather movie poster

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Movie Poster

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Magazine cover

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Magazine Cover

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television poster
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