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3. Medicare Card, Mrs. John Rogers Jr. campaigns Image description: Mrs. John Rogers Jr. campaigns for the right to vote sometime between 1910 and 1915. This photo was taken by the Bain News Service. Photo from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division...
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5. Medicare Card, Model Airplanes   Model airplanes decorate the ceiling of the train concourses at Union Station in Chicago, February 1943. Photo from the Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress....
6. Medicare Card, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lyman, Polish tobacco… Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lyman, Polish tobacco farmers near Windsor Locks, Connecticut. This photograph was taken in September 1940. Photo from the Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress....
7. Share Your Thoughts on the Books That Shaped America The Library of Congress recently launched a new exhibition about Books That Shaped America. It features influential books that were written by Americans, such as: Catch-22 The Catcher in the Rye The Great Gatsby To Kill a Mockingbird Little Women Uncle Tom’s Cabin Currently, there are 88 books on the list and the Library of […]...
8. This photocrom shows Telemark, Norway Image description: This photocrom shows Telemark, Norway sometime between 1890 and 1910. It was published by the Detroit Publishing Company. Photocroms are richly colored images look like photographs but are actually ink-based photolithographs, usually measuring 6.5 x 9 inches. View more travel photocroms. Image from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division...
9. Medicare Card, Photo from around 1956 shows models. Medicare Card, Photo from around 1956 shows models....
10. Political party conventions happen This photo is from the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City. The delegates are wearing Jimmy Carter smile masks. View more images from political conventions, including illustrations from the humor and satire magazine Puck. Photo by Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report, from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division...
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