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- “AMERICAN MODELS”
- “ANDY WARHOL”
- “AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHS”
- “AMERICAN SWING”
- “AMERICAN TIMES”(1960′s)
- “BUSCH WOMEN”
- “COLOR SQUARES”
- “CRUMB”
- “HAND MADE”
- “Odd Corners”
- “SUNDAY”
- “The Great American Road Trip (‘Opportunities Unlimited’)”
- “White American Family”(1950-60′s)
CARS
- “CUDA”
- “STANG”
CELEBRITY
- “A-LIST POLAROIDS”
- “ANDY WARHOL POLAROIDS”
- HOLLYWOOD
- “MOTLEY CRUE”(1983-1987)
- MUSIC
- “RICHARD PRYOR POLAROIDS”
CRIME
- CRIME
- CHILD LABOR
- DEATH
- INJURY
- MURDER
- “RICHARD SPECK NURSE MURDERER”(1960′s)
- SERIAL KILLERS
Culture
- “AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE”
- “MISS AMERICA –TRAVELIN’FREEDOM’S ROAD!”
- “POSTCARDS FROM TX”
- “American ‘Negro’Cartoons”
- “AUTO SHOW”(1960-70′s)
- “BIG TIME WRESTLING!”(1950′s)
- “CADILLAC”
- “DANCE SCHOOL”
- “HELLS ANGELS”
- “Jocks”
- “LOWRIDER MAGAZINE”(1977-1983)
- “MASSACHUSETS LOTTERY –‘THE GAME’”(1970′s)
- “Mean Streets”
- “MEMPHIS WRESTLING USA!”(1980′s)
- “Miss Golden Shifter”
- “NUDIST CAMP!”(1960′s)
- “OLD CARS”
- “Pulp Fiction”(1930-50′s)
- “ROY &TRIGGER”
- “Stripper Arrested!”
- “VARIOUS MEN AND THEIR SECRETARIES”
DECADE
- 1950′s
- 1960′s
- 1970′s
- 1980′s
GAY
- “BEEFCAKE!”(1950′s)
- “BRUCE LA”
- “COWBOYS &ATHLETES”
- “GAY WINDY CITY”(1970-80′s)
History
- AL CAPONE &FAMILY
- “American Transgressions”
- Disfarmer Portraits
- DOCUMERICA PROJECT
- “EX-SLAVE PORTRAITS”(1930-1940)
- FSA Archives
- “GATSBY”
- L.A. (1950-60′s)
- “OHIO”
- Oscar Grossheim Studio
- “SESQUICENTENNIAL PARADE”(1926)
- Utah
- “WILLIAM REAGH’S LOS ANGELES”
INDUSTRY
- AUTOMOTIVE
- LABOR STRIKE
- RAILROAD
- UNION
MEDIA
- “CABINET CARDS”
- MAGAZINE -
- “AUTOBUFF”
- “LOWRIDER MAGAZINE”(OCT. 1981)
- “PEEP SHOW”
- MUGSHOT -
- “KENTUCKY MUGSHOTS”
- “MINNESOTA MUGSHOTS”
- “NYACK MUGSHOTS”
- “PHOTOBOOTH”
- POLAROID –
- “AMERICAN POLAROIDS”
- POSTER
- PRESS PHOTO
- STEREOVIEW
- STUDIO
- TINTYPE –
- “TINTYPE AMERICA”
Pinup
- “(1940′s)”
- “NINETIES NEGATIVES”
- “3-D STEREOSCOPIC PINUPS”(1950′s)
- 2.5″X 2.5″
- “69 &70″
- “AMATEUR”(1960′s)
- “AMATEUR HOUSEWIFE”(1960′s)
- “AMERICAN STARLETS”
- “BARBARA THOMAS”(1960′s)
- “BEEFCAKE”
- BETTIE PAGE
- BETTIE PAGE
- “BETTIE PAGE 8 x 10″
- “Big John”(1950′s)
- “BLACK AND RED LACE”
- “CASTING COUCH”(1940′s)
- ELMER BATTERS
- “ELMER BATTERS”
- “FIFTIES”
- “GLAMOUR SHOTS”(1980-90′s)
- “HEAVENLY BODY”(1980′s)
- “IRVING KLAW”
- “IRVING KLAW”
- “JEAN BRADLEY”(1960′s)
- “KATHY PORTER”
- “LOU FOX”(1990′s)
- “LYNN CAROL”
- “MATURE”(1970′s)
- “MUTOSCOPE”(1940′s)
- “NYC QUEEN”(1950′s)
- “PINK &VIOLET”
- “PINUP-VUE”(1960′s)
- Pinup Postcards (1950′s)
- PINUP COLLECTION:“REDHEAD”(1950′s)
- PINUP COLLECTION:“GGA”(1950′s)
- “PLATINUM”(1940-50′s)
- Postcards
- “RON VOGEL”
- “Swingin’Sixties”
- “TEST SHOTS”
- “YOUNG AT HEART”
PLACE
- CITY
- STATE
- INTERIORS
- EXTERIORS
- STREET
POLITICS
- “DICK”
- “JFK MLK RFK”
- “NATIONAL CONVENTIONS”(1952)
- PRESIDENTS
- THE KENNEDYS
PRISON
- “EXECUTION OF CARYL CHESSMAN”(1960)
- “LAST PRISONERS LEAVE ALCATRAZ”(1963)
- PRISON –
- PRISON COLLECTION:“Susanville”
- “VISITING HOURS”
RACE
- AFRICAN AMERICAN
- MEXICAN
- JAPANESE
- NATIVE AMERICAN
RACISM
- BLACKFACE -
- RIOT COLLECTION:“L.A. RIOTS”(1992)
- “AMERICAN BLACKFACE”
- “MINSTREL”
- CIVIL RIGHTS -
  - “MARCH ON WASHINGTON”(1963)
- “ALABAMA PROTESTS”(1960′s)
- “CIVIL RIGHTS MUGSHOTS”
- “MISSISSIPPI FIREBOMBERS”(1963)
- INTERNMENT –
- KU KLUX KLAN -
- “KKK RALLY”(1964)
- “RED KERCE –KKK FLORIDA”(1950′s)
- LYNCHING -
- “AMERICAN LYNCHING”
- RIOTS -
- “CHICAGO WEST SIDE RACE RIOTS”(1968)
- “CICERO WHITE RIOTS”(1951)
- “DETROIT RIOT”(1967)
- “LOS ANGELES WATTS RIOTS”(1965)
- “NEWARK RIOTS”(1967)
- “PHILADELPHIA RIOTS”(1964)
- “ST. PETERSBURG RIOTS”(1968)
- “WATTS RIOTS”(1965)
- SLAVERY
RELIGION
- CHURCHES
- CULTS
- MORMONS –
- “THE POLYGAMISTS”
- PREACHERS –
- “Billy Sunday”(1920′s)
- “Billy Graham Crusade”(1962)
SEX
- “AMATEUR #20″
- “AMERICAN STRIPPERS!”(1960′s)
- “BAD MAID!”(1950′s)
- “BJ TALENT SEARCH”
- “BUNNIES”
- “GIRLYMAG”
- “GRINDHOUSE!”(1960-80′s)
- “LADIES NIGHT”(1970′s)
- “MALE DANCE PARTY USA!”
- “MIDWOOD”
- “MODEL SEARCH”(1970′s)
- NUDES
- “PLAYBOY”
- PORN (1960-80′s)
- “RUSS MEYER’S BOSOMANIA!”
- “SCARLET NEGLIGEE”(1972)
- SEXPLOITATION
- “SEXPLOITATION!”(1960′s)
- STRIPPERS
- “SWINGER’S CLUB”(1960′s)
- “TEST SHOOT”
- “THE PINK PONY”
- “THE RIVOLI THEATER”
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- GANGS
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- PINUP
- PROPAGANDA
- RUSS MEYER
- WARHOL
WAR
- “ABU GHRAIB”
- CIVIL WAR
- COLD WAR
- WORLD WAR II
- “VJ Day,WWII”(1945)
- “VIETNAM”" (1968-1971)
- VIETNAM WAR
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In 1939,William Randolph Hearst advocated,through his chain of daily newspapers,the creation of a holiday to celebrate citizenship. In 1940,Congress designated the third Sunday in May as I am an American Day. By 1949,governors of all 48 states had issued Constitution Day proclamations. On February 29,1952,Congress moved that observation to September 17th and renamed it “Citizenship Day”.