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Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Colonel Muammar Gaddafi

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi
colonel Muammar Gaddafi (1942 - 2011), leader of the Libyan Arab Republic, pictured during a visit to Paris, France, in 1974. (Photo by UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: NBC Camera Crew Shooting at Times Square

NBC Camera Crew Shooting at Times Square
(Original Caption) NBC camera crew shooting on location at Times Square in New York. Photograph, 1945

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Dan Pastorini

Dan Pastorini
American football player Dan Pastorini, a quarterback with the Houston Oilers, pictured circa November 1979. (Photo by UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: 22nd Tank Squadron

22nd Tank Squadron
South Vietnamese members of the newly formed 22nd Tank Squadron line up in front of their 162 new M-48 which were recently rushed into Vietnam by the U.S

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: California State Capitol, Sacramento

California State Capitol, Sacramento
The California State Capitol

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Helen Keller Playing Chess with Anne Sullivan Macy

Helen Keller Playing Chess with Anne Sullivan Macy
(Original Caption) "Helen and Teacher"

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Dolphins Singing For Santa Claus

Dolphins Singing For Santa Claus
(Original Caption) 12/00/1957-St. Augustine, FL: Porpoises sing "Jingle Bells " at marineland, St. Augustine, FL..UPI COLOR

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Waist Up Of Laurel And Hardy On Boat

Waist Up Of Laurel And Hardy On Boat
(Original Caption) Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy on board a ship on their vacation together. Stan Laurel looking comical as his film character, and Oliver Hardy looking extremely serious. Undated

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Tommy Dorsey In Nbc Studio Jam Session

Tommy Dorsey In Nbc Studio Jam Session
(Original Caption) Hollywood, CA- Tommy Dorsey, famous NBC swing maestro, was placed under quarantine today in a swanky Hollywood Hotel for what his physician has diagnosed as Diptheria

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Woman With Her Thirteen Children

Woman With Her Thirteen Children
(Original Caption) 1928: Woman holding a baby stands with her twelve other children. They stand in size and age order. UPI photograph

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Princess Juliana Of Holland

Princess Juliana Of Holland
(Original Caption) Princess Juliana Holland - with mother Queen Wilhelmina and two of her children. UPI color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Tony Zale, In Fighting Pose

Tony Zale, In Fighting Pose
(Original Caption) Tony Zale, boxer in fighting pose. Undated UPI color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Sonia Henie In Mid Flight

Sonia Henie In Mid Flight
(Original Caption) Sonja Henie, skating in pink costume. Later in her career as a professional. UPI color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Military Ceremony at Brandenburg Gate

Military Ceremony at Brandenburg Gate
(Original Caption) Honor Soviet Marshalls

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: UPI Newsroom

UPI Newsroom
A UPI "Unifax" machine, an early type of a fax machine that used early photocopier technology, enabling the sending of picture data over phone lines

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Newsmap of Micronesia

Newsmap of Micronesia
(Original Caption) Our UPI newsmap shows the sprawling region of Micronesia, which the U.A. has held as a trust territory for the United Nations for the past 14 years

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Bob Gibson Throwing in the Infield

Bob Gibson Throwing in the Infield. (Photo by UPI/Bettmann via Getty Images)

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: United Press International Unifax Machine in Use

United Press International Unifax Machine in Use
A man looks at photographs transmitted by the Unifax machine, developed by United Press International in the 1930s-1940s, it was the first automatic picture receiver

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: United Press International Unifax Machine

United Press International Unifax Machine
The Unifax, developed by United Press International in the 1930s-1940s, was the first automatic picture receiver

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Biafra Official Announcing Price Increases

Biafra Official Announcing Price Increases
(Original Caption) Lt

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Chart Depicting Number of Troops in South Vietnam by 1967

Chart Depicting Number of Troops in South Vietnam by 1967
(Original Caption) UPI Newschart graphs the U.S. troop buildup in south Vietnam from 685 military advisers in 1961 to more than half a million men (525, 000) in 1968

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy Vacationing on Ship

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy Vacationing on Ship
(Original Caption) Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy on board a ship on their vacation together. Stan Laurel looking comical as his film character, and Oliver Hardy looking extremely serious. Undated

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Boy (4-5) playing with blocks

Boy (4-5) playing with blocks. (Photo by UPI/Bettmann via Getty Images)

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Mao Tse-Tung And Lin Piao

Mao Tse-Tung And Lin Piao
(Original Caption) Chinese Communist leader Mao Tse-Tung (left), shown with Lin Piao. Undated UPI file photo. Credit: Bettmann-UPI

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Commodore E.C.Benedict Talking To Man

Commodore E.C.Benedict Talking To Man
(Original Caption) Commodore E.C. Benedict (second from right) is shown in civilian clothes speaking with an unidentified man. Undated INP photograph

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Girl (8-9) blowing balloon

Girl (8-9) blowing balloon. (Photo by UPI/Bettmann via Getty Images)

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Photo Of Moon W/Numbers Marking Landings

Photo Of Moon W/Numbers Marking Landings
(Original Caption) 2/4/1966- UPI moon chart showing cross (upper left), where the Soviet Union's Luna 9 spacecraft soft landed 2/3 in the Ocean of the Storms

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Curt Flood Cardinals Outfielder

Curt Flood Cardinals Outfielder. (Photo by Bettmann/UPI via Getty Images)

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Kennedy Interviewed by Helen Thomas

Kennedy Interviewed by Helen Thomas
(Original Caption) 12/1/1960-Washington, DC: UPI reporter Helen Thomas interviews President-elect John Kennedy at Georgetown University Hospital, during Kennedy's visit to his wife Jacqueline

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Norwegians Running to Air Raid Shelter

Norwegians Running to Air Raid Shelter
(Original Caption) Condition of Norse King Reported Deteriorating. Oslo, Norway: At left above is a photo of King Haakon VIII of Norway, 85 years old, who is gravely ill, in Oslo

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Carol Lynley

Carol Lynley
(Original Caption) Close-ups of Actress Carol Lynley during her Spetember 24th interview with UPI Reporter

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Exterior of Colosseum

Exterior of Colosseum
Rome, Italy: The Coliseum in Rome, many interior and exterior shots. UPI color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Military Ceremony at Brandenburg Gate

Military Ceremony at Brandenburg Gate
(Original Caption) Honor Soviet Marshalls

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Colorado Winter

Colorado Winter
(Original Caption) These three international new photos pictures were prize winners in the White House photo contest. At left, the picture that won first prize in the presidential class

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Acme Photographer Harry Leder W/ Camera

Acme Photographer Harry Leder W/ Camera
(Original Caption

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly
(Original Caption) Gene Kelly, MGM star, and Hollywood's top stars in musical. From 1945 TO 1955. (1912-1996). ACME. B/W PHOTO

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Acme Photographer Harry Leder W/ Camera

Acme Photographer Harry Leder W/ Camera
(Original Caption

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Stepin Fetchit In Sepia Fox Film Pose

Stepin Fetchit In Sepia Fox Film Pose
(Original Caption) 1. A characteristic pose of the Sepia Fox Film Comedian Stephen Fetchit, to suggest work or some sudden activity. Undated photograph. Credit Bettmann/UPI ORIGINAL CAPTION

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Dr. Alexanderson and Associates Watching Demonstration

Dr. Alexanderson and Associates Watching Demonstration
NEW YORK: (L TO R)THE ANNOUNCER, DR. E.F.W. ALEXANDERSON, INVENTOR, AND DR. MCFARLAN MOORE OF G.E. WATCHING A DEMONSTRATION OF ALEXANDERSON'S RADIO TELEVISION DEVICE WHICH TRANSMITS IMAGES BY RADIO

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Spike Jones, Damaso Perez Prado W/Instrum

Spike Jones, Damaso Perez Prado W/Instrum
(Original Caption) Bandleader/Comedian Spike Jones with bandleader Damaso Perez Prado. Undated photograph from the INP print file. Credit: Bettmann-UPI

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Portrait Of Novelist Aldous Huxley

Portrait Of Novelist Aldous Huxley
(Original Caption) Portrait of novelist and essayist Aldous Huxley with dictionary of Peter Bayle. Photograph, 6/6/57. (UPI)

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Actress Barbara Stanwyck

Actress Barbara Stanwyck. UPI color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Actress Janet Blair

Actress Janet Blair
Actress Joan Blair. No other information available. UPI color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Couple Walking Through Snow

Couple Walking Through Snow
Sun Valley, ID: Winter sports, skiing. Undated UPI color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Actress and Dancer Ann Miller

Actress and Dancer Ann Miller
Actress Ann Miller, (8x10 file) UPI undated color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Envelope Displaying Censorship Seals and Stamps

Envelope Displaying Censorship Seals and Stamps
(Original Caption) Here is a facsimile of an envelope containing news photographs addressed to International News Photos, showing the extent of censorship as it exists these war days in England

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Actor Clark Gable

Actor Clark Gable
Clark Gable, actor- see 8x10 file. UPI color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Model with Dog Sled Team in Snow

Model with Dog Sled Team in Snow
Sun Valley, Idaho: Dog sled teams. UPI color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Mother Encouraging Her Son to Read

Mother Encouraging Her Son to Read
Actress Shirley Ross and son. UPI undated color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Portraits of Pope Pius and Cardinal Spellman

Portraits of Pope Pius and Cardinal Spellman
Francis Cardinal Spellman, with Pope Pius XII. See 8x10 file. UPI color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: View of Panama Canal

View of Panama Canal
Panama Canal: US Navy ship passing through. UPI color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Actress Frances Gifford

Actress Frances Gifford
Actress Francis Gifford. (8x10 file) UPI undated color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: World War II Guadal Canal

World War II Guadal Canal
Guadalcanal. WWII. No other information. UPI color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Women Visting with Each Other

Women Visting with Each Other
San Francisco, CA: Girl swimmers at Crystal Plunge. UPI color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Relligious Service Aboard Battleship

Relligious Service Aboard Battleship
Religious services in the US Navy - Catholic service aboard Battleship. UPI color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Portrait of Veruschka

Portrait of Veruschka
FASHION MODEL VERUSCHKA. FILED OCTOBER 1, 1966. UPI B/W PHOTOGRAPH

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Lillian Gish Starring in The Lily and The Rose

Lillian Gish Starring in The Lily and The Rose
MARY LOU WILLIAMS (1910-1981), AMERICAN MUSICIAN.UNDATED HEAD-AND-SHOULDERS PHOTOGRAPH FROM UPI

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Emily Mclaughlin And John Beradino

Emily Mclaughlin And John Beradino
(Original Caption) January, 1972-Emily McLaughlin and John Beradino in a scene from the daytime TV series: "General Hospital". UPI b/w photograph

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Actor David Cassidy, Closeup, Smiling

Actor David Cassidy, Closeup, Smiling
(Original Caption) January, 1971-Actor David Cassidy, star of the hit television show, "The Partridge Family, " is seen in closeup, candidly smiling. UPI b/w photograph

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Bed Chamber Music by Salvador Dali

Bed Chamber Music by Salvador Dali
(Original Caption) Standing by the bed is an old-fashiioned phonograph with a pair of women's legs disappearing into the horn

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Ann-Margret in Movie Scene

Ann-Margret in Movie Scene
(Original Caption) "You know who I mean- that gorgeous creature with the fabulous legs and two first names

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Ann-Margret in Movie Scene

Ann-Margret in Movie Scene
(Original Caption) "You know who I mean- that gorgeous creature with the fabulous legs and two first names

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Baseball Player Hank Aaron in Uniform

Baseball Player Hank Aaron in Uniform. (Photo by UPI/Bettmann via Getty Images)

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Vietnam War Photographer's Bullet Stopping Camera

Vietnam War Photographer's Bullet Stopping Camera
(Original Caption) Freelance photographer, Kurt Rolfes, from Ithaca, NY, was covering Vietnam War action for UPI recently when he came under automatic weapon's fire

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Map Showing Pacification Routes in South Vietnam

Map Showing Pacification Routes in South Vietnam
(Original Caption) The progress of the pacification program in South Vietnam, "the other war" to "win the minds and hearts of the people" through grass roots cooperation

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Dr. Crippen's Sweetheart

Dr. Crippen's Sweetheart
(Original Caption) Ethel Le Neve disguised as a boy. Sweetheart of Dr. Crippen who fled with him. INP

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Portrait of Actress Alice Faye Smiling

Portrait of Actress Alice Faye Smiling
Alice Faye, actress. UPI color undated slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: General Maurice Hirsch Sitting at Desk

General Maurice Hirsch Sitting at Desk
Brigadier General Maurice Hirsch. UPI color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Portrait of Harrison Salisbury

Portrait of Harrison Salisbury
Harrison Salisbury (1908-1993) who as a foreign correspondent for the New York Times played a major role in interpreting the Soviet Union to English-speaking readers

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Police Capturing Francis Cuniffe

Police Capturing Francis Cuniffe
(Original Caption

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Fifth Avenue & 57th Street, 1901

Fifth Avenue & 57th Street, 1901
View pedestrians and carriages at Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, looking north towards Central Park, in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, circa 1936

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Sailor Being Tattooed

Sailor Being Tattooed
Sailor being tattooed. WWII era. UPI color slide

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Hollywood Boulevard, 1903

Hollywood Boulevard, 1903
Wide angle view of a streetcar passing along Prospect Avenue, with various low-level buildings to the left and a ploughed field to the right, in a view from Sycamore Avenue and Highland Avenue

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Ocean Beach, San Francisco

Ocean Beach, San Francisco
Sunseekers on the sands of Ocean Beach with Cliff House visible in the distance on the headland, San Francisco, California, circa 1905

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California
View north from an unspecified street overlooking San Francisco Bay, with a clapboard property to the left of the image and a horse-drawn cart at the bottom of a ladder

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Little Poland, Chicago

Little Poland, Chicago
Horse-drawn carriages and a streetcar in the Little Poland section of Milwaukee Avenue and Division Street

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: San Francisco Street Kitchen, 1906

San Francisco Street Kitchen, 1906
Three men gathered around a makeshift kitchen on an unspecified street following the earthquake which hit San Francisco, California, 1906. (Photo by UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Lower East Side Tenement Dwelling

Lower East Side Tenement Dwelling
High angle view of of tenement buildings with a figure sitting at the window of one building and a person sitting on the roof of another building in this view of the Lower East Side of New York City

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Men Standing in Bread Line

Men Standing in Bread Line
SULLIVAN DINNER: MEN ON BREAD LINE. EARLY C. 1914. INP PHOTOGRAPH

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Maurice McLaughlin Playing Tennis

Maurice McLaughlin Playing Tennis
(Original Caption) Following negatives were especially posed for International News Service by Maurice McLaughlin, national tennis champion and star of the American Davis Cup Team, at Sea Bright

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Maurice McLaughlin Playing Tennis

Maurice McLaughlin Playing Tennis
(Original Caption) Following negatives were especially posed for International News Service by Maurice McLaughlin, national tennis champion and star of the American Davis Cup Team, at Sea Bright

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Maurice McLaughlin Playing Tennis

Maurice McLaughlin Playing Tennis
(Original Caption) Following negatives were especially posed for International News Service by Maurice McLaughlin, national tennis champion and star of the American Davis Cup Team, at Sea Bright

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Maurice McLaughlin Playing Tennis

Maurice McLaughlin Playing Tennis
(Original Caption) Following negatives were especially posed for International News Service by Maurice McLaughlin, national tennis champion and star of the American Davis Cup Team, at Sea Bright

Background imageFront Page: Framing History as it Happens: Maurice McLaughlin Playing Tennis

Maurice McLaughlin Playing Tennis
(Original Caption) Following negatives were especially posed for International News Service by Maurice McLaughlin, national tennis champion and star of the American Davis Cup Team, at Sea Bright



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