DOCUMERICA:David Hiser –Rifle,Colorado (1973)

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Mrs. Albers and her husband run the one remaining store in Grand Valley. As it became unprofitable to own and operate small ranches,the towns of the Piceance Basin faded. Mrs. Albers holds a photograph of the store that was taken in 1900. Rifle,Colorado,July,1973 …MORE

CALIFORNIA COLLECTION:Civil Rights – “Outcasts! The Story of America’s Treatment of Her Japanese-American Minority”

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…said of the persons of Japanese ancestry in the state,“Americans called them Japanese,though the great majority of them had every right to be called Americans.”Here was a peculiar thing. American citizens were labeling certain other American citizens with the name that they also applied to their enemies. No newspaper or politician referred to citizens of German ancestry as “Germans,”but almost every newspaper or polit…MORE

L.A. COLLECTION:“Spurned lover slaying…Burbank”(1951)

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Spurned lover slaying…Burbank,27 October 1951. Frank W. Cairns —28 years (suspect in Valley Jail);Officer Lou G. Bennett (examines high-powered deer rifle used in slaying);Mrs. Grace Thomason (mother of slaying);Raymond Thomason —27 years (son);Virginia Thomason (victim);Officer Ted Xydias;Officer Bernard Barrett (Fingerprints suspect);Lieutenant Robert Coveny (at scene of crime as he breaks news to suspect that…MORE

DOCUMERICA:Detroit,Michigan (1973)

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OLD TIME RIFLEMAN’S MEET,JUNE 24,1973,IS HELD ON THE GREENFIELD VILLAGE GREEN ADJOINING THE HENRY FORD MUSEUM OF DEARBORN. CRINOLINED CONTESTANT,THE ONLY REPRESENTATIVE OF HER SEX,FIRES OFF HER RIFLE IN THE SHOOTING MATCH,07/1973 Photographer:Joe Clark …MORE

LOUISVILLE COLLECTION:“Andrew Wade Family”(1954)

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Andrew Wade and his wife and daughter stand in front of their house,after their front windows had been damaged by rocks and rifle shots. The Wades had moved into this house in a white neighborhood after Carl and Anne Braden purchased it for them. Later when the house was bombed the Bradens were charged with inciting sedition. Louisville,Kentucky …MORE