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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Box 93

 Container

Contains 26 Results:

"J. Edgar? Some of us boys down in Congress would like to discuss your possible…er…retireme…", 1971-04-11

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 1
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A line of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents stand against the wall, addressing FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. There is a line of bullet holes on the wall near their heads.

Dates: 1971-04-11

"I don't know - but I think somebody is trying to tell us something!", 1971-04-14

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 2
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Prime Minister of Israel Golda Meir and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat attempt to play ping-pong over the Suez Canal. Nearby, a broken net and a sign that reads "Ping Pong A Game For All Nations" lie on the ground.

Dates: 1971-04-14

"We've never been so insulted - meeting adjourned!", 1971-04-15

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 3
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Garnsey drags a consumer out of a meeting with a group of men holding the Uniform Consumer Credit Code.

Dates: 1971-04-15

"Old Chinese saying: 'He who has no learned ping-pong should keep his big mouth shut'!", 1971-04-20

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 4
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United States President Richard Nixon addresses Vice President Spiro Agnew. Nixon holds a newspaper featuring the headline "Spiro Latest: Complains About Easing of China-U.S. Relations," while Agnew stands holding a ping-pong paddle with a ball attached by a string. The ball is in Agnew's mouth.

Dates: 1971-04-20

"Tell ‘em Sam sent you!", 1971-04-27

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 5
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Uncle Sam, representing the United States, stands outside the United Nations with Chairman of the Communist Party of China Mao Zedong.

Dates: 1971-04-27

"Gimme that! What do you know about demonstrating?", 1971-04-28

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 6
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A man wearing a shirt that reads "The Rennie Davis Dynamite & Destruction Society" grabs a "Stop the War!" sign from two Vietnam veterans who are protesting the war.

Dates: 1971-04-28

"Well, if I lose, say at least that you'll demand a run-off!", 1971-04-29

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 7
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President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, holding a document that reads "No United States influence in South Vietnam elections" addresses Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam stands in a bedroom in his undershirt next to an open suitcase.

Dates: 1971-04-29

Rogers of Arabia, 1971-04-30

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 8
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United States Secretary of State William P. Rogers rides a camel through the desert past the bones of a camel and a briefcase belonging to Swedish diplomat Gunnar Jarring.

Dates: 1971-04-30

"Well, any minute now the government should come crashing to its knees.", 1971-05-03

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 9
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A large group of protestors stand behind a wire fence labeled with signs reading "Under Arrest." Guards stand in front of the fence and a crane drops more protestors into the pen.

Dates: 1971-05-03

"Ok, then - 3.63 marks on the dollar without the 'Deutschland Uber Alles' cracks!", 1971-05-06

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 10
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A pair of tourists approaches the Foreign Exchange window at a bank in Germany.

Dates: 1971-05-06

"Quick - The gun!", 1971-05-11

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 11
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A monster labeled "SST," referring to a supersonic transport airplane, lies in a coffin with open eyes. A group of nearby men grab a gun to prevent it from rising.

Dates: 1971-05-11

"…and this end we tie to the President!", 1971-05-12

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 12
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A group of United States Congressmen builds the Congressional War-Involvement Control Device.

Dates: 1971-05-12

"Ve hear you may be leaving us…vhere ist der button ve push?", 1971-05-13

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 13
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United States soldiers prepare to withdraw from Europe as German soldiers approach to take their place.

Dates: 1971-05-13

"I'm ok, you didn't hit me all that hard - but Detroit sure could use a new bumper design…", 1971-05-14

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 14
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A man gets out of his car to talk to a chicken he just ran into. The chicken is ok, but the front of the car is demolished. The chicken suggests that Detroit needs to come up with a new bumper design.

Dates: 1971-05-14

"…But we are working hard at an honorable solution. Remember that out there in the combat zone!", 1971-05-25

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 15
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A group of United States Senators ushers a draftee off to the Vietnam War, as one of them tears up the bill to bar draftees from combat.

Dates: 1971-05-25

"I want to voice my utter contempt for those hypocritical northern racial attitudes toward the er…er…blacks!", 1971-05-26

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 16
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United States President Richard Nixon gives a speech regarding hypocritical northern racial attitudes in front of a large Confederate flag at podium with a label that reads "Ah Am A Southern President."

Dates: 1971-05-26

"Do I get to keep the pen?", 1971-05-28

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 17
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev guides the hand of President of Egypt Anwar Sadat as Sadat signs the Soviet-Egyptian Friendship & Cooperaton (and Arms) Treaty.

Dates: 1971-05-28

"…and how are things in second class?", 1971-05-28

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 18
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A man and a woman are led to the first class car on an Amtrak train, which is filled with pigs. The man asks how things are in second class.

Dates: 1971-05-28

"So you're being ambushed! Good heavens! What concern is that of mine?", 1971-06-02

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 19
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A judge representing "The Courts" tells a police officer the ambush is no concern of his as bullets fly around them.

Dates: 1971-06-02

"…And while we're at it, let's take a look at anything you have left, peasant!", 1971-06-02

 Item — Box: 93, Folder: 20
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Chair of the United States House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Wilbur Mills stands holding a sword next to a bag labeled "Oil Depletion Capital Gains Investment Tax Credit." Behind him an apparently wealthy man is crying. Mills addresses a peasant holding a bag labeled "Medical Deductions, Mortgage Interest, Charitable Contributions."

Dates: 1971-06-02