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See no evil
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"In 'See No Evil,' Neil Selkirk cuts through a broad swathe of subject matter -- from the dignitaries at parades to farm animals at auction, from Cabinet members to cowboys. In this cavalcade of tableaux -- those that the protagonists helped create in the hope of being remembered, and those so unintended and fleeting that they could only exist as a photograph -- the public and the private intersect and the distinction between them dissolves. Selkirk, who was born in London, brings to his photographs an immigrant's hunger to learn and the dispassion of the passionate observer"--Publisher's description.
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Charles A. Magnuson letter to Miss Kneebone
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This letter was written by Charles A. Magnuson to Miss Kneebone, a friend, living in Butte, Montana. He describes his experiences in Alaska, including the weather, landscape, mail delivery, and arrivals and departures of ships. Magnuson arrived in Nome less than a month ago and started working immediately: "This is the busy season here, and I have been working every day and evening since I stepped ashore. However, the rush will be over in a few days...then we will be dead to the outside world for about seven months." He describes the last frontier as being bleak: "I have not had much opportunity to see the country as yet, but what I have seen is not a least bit inviting. Not a tree, or blade of grass...when the heavy snows come, they will hide all of this...nothing but snow, snow, snow."
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This collection contains the papers of Gloria Molina, who was a Los Angeles County Supervisor of the First Supervisorial District from 1991 to 2014. This collection is mainly comprised of records created and accumulated during her years on the Board of Supervisors. These materials -- including correspondence, agenda, motions, reports, press clippings, notes, ephemera, site plans, photographs, audiovisual and electronic resources -- document a wide range of activities performed by Molina and her staff, such as project planning, legislation, lawsuits, redistricting, campaigning, and budget planning.
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War Telegram Marking Map
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"Explanations : The extraordinary scale on which this map is drawn has been adopted to make it just what we had designed it to be, namely 1st the most distinct Map ever published of the entire Virginia territory, where the decisive battles for the Union will be fought. 2nd, A Marking Map, that is a map to mark the change of position of the Union Forces in red pencil and the Rebel forces in blue, on the receipt of every Telegram from the seat of the War; for this latter purpose we want plenty of space and a distinctness combined with enough detail, not to crowd but to enable us to follow the march of the Army as advised by the Telegrams. The pencils which we also furnish should be used with a light hand to enable obliterating the marks with the aid of a little soft bread, if found necessary. These peculiarities combined with extreme cheapness will make this map a welcome companion to every person interested in the pending struggle of our nation." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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In a narrow grave : essays on Texas
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"A collection of essays in which Larry McMurtry reflects on what it is like to live in Texas." The myth of the cowboy grows purer every year because there are so few cowboys left to contradict it. Larry McMurtry had been living in cities for fourteen years when he pulled together these essays.
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Edwin Powell Hubble and his sister Lucy during World War I, both in uniform
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Edwin Powell Hubble and his sister Lucy during World War I. Both are in their uniforms. Lucy Hubble is wearing what appears to be a nurse's uniform.
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