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President John Kennedy signs a bill allowing the US to purchase half of the United Nations million bonds. Witnessing

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President John Kennedy shakes hands as he arrives to give a speech at Independence Hall. July 4, 1962

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President John F. Kennedy attends Mass at St. Stephens Church, 28th October 1962 (photo)

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President John Kennedy confers with former Vice President Richard Nixon. They had a 75 minute meeting to discuss the Cuban Crisis caused by the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. April 20, 1961

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1963 Test Ban Treaty. President John Kennedy meets with Senate leaders to get bipartisan support for the nuclear test ban treaty.

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President John Kennedy's welcome arch in West Germany. JFK's limousine passes under two huge Redstone missiles as he begins inspection of the American V Corps at Fliegerhorst Kaserne Army base in West Germany. June 25, 1963

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President John Kennedy in Berlin. On a specially erected platform, JFK views the communist wall which separates East and West Berlin. July 26, 1963 (photo)

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Sen. John Kennedy after making a foreign policy speech in the Senate. He prompted the Eisenhower administration go tell Americans the 'blunt truth' about the situation in Indo-China, as Vietnam was call in the early 1950's

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President John Kennedy delivering the State of the Union message. March 20, 1961

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Jacqueline Kennedy speaking in Spanish to the League of United Latin American Citizens, 1963 (photo)

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Trish Blankenburg measures the hair of David Messina, Bat Village, High School Senior. Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 1980

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Male models pose in Jantzen's 1952 men's bathing suits. (C SU_ALPHA_1329) SU_ALPHA_1329) SU_ALPHA_1329) SU_ALPHA_1329) SU_ALPHA_1329)

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Children's school clothing in 1943. In front of the class under the American flags, they do their arithmetic lesson calculating about spending for 'Defense stamps.'

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Railroad tracks damaged by an earthquake. Tehachapi, California was hit by a magnitude 7.3 Richter scale earthquake on White Wolf Fault in Kern County. 9 people were killed. July 21, 1952

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1933 Longbeach Earthquake damage. Southern California was hit by a magnitude of 6.4, causing 120 deaths and widespread damage. Long beach apartment interiors were exposed after the earthquake collapsed its wall. March 11, 1933

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California Earthquake, 1906. Looking north along surface trace of San Andreas fault, two miles north of Skinner Ranch Olema, Marn County, California

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Tons of water cascade from the Baldwin Hills Reservoir. At right, homes remain intact but at left, only step-like plateaus remain. 277 homes were destroyed and 5 people were killed. Dec. 14, 1963

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Baldwin Hills Reservoir disaster. Millions of gallons of water flowed into a heavily populated residential area through this gash in the dam. 277 homes were destroyed and 5 people were killed. Dec. 14, 1963

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California New Year's Day 1934 flash flood. After a week of heavy rain, walls of water 20 feet high, driving giant boulders, crashed into houses in the town of Montrose. Hundreds of people went missing. The occupants of this home left in time to be saved from the flood waters

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Hunger marchers leave the capital. They traveled to Washington DC from across the country, in Fall 1932 to protest and present their petitions to the presiding officers of the House and Senate. Dec. 7, 1932

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Hunger Marchers breakfast just outside Washington, D.C. On December 4, 1932, the marchers were met by 1,200 policemen armed with sawed-off shotguns and submachine guns to prevent them from entering the Capital. On Dec. 6, 1932 they were allowed to march to the Capitol