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Taken during the Firemen's Rodeo and Thrill Show last fall when, 'The Man Who Hangs Himself and Lives to Tell the Tale,' was killed.

Charles Hlad, University of Chicago, breasts tape to win the 100-yd-dash in a Big Ten Red Cross benefit athletic carnival at Northwestern's Dyche Stadium.

Charlie Chaplin slips wedding band on Oona O'Neill's finger as Justice of the Peace looks on. Date of photograph, June 17, 1943.

Jack Porter, who tripped over last barrier while leading the race, crawled toward the finish line to earn second place in high hurdles event at Patterson Field, Occidental College, Ca.

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Sewell Avery being carried from the Montgomery Ward and Co. offices.

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As though fire itself weren't enough, firemen battling a 5-11 fire which wrecked four war plants, found an equally treacherous foe in the 5 below zero ting which buttoned a brittle ice coat over equipment and anchored hoses to the ground.

Mrs. Nellie Proctor prays for the release of Charles Proctor who for twenty-three years had not disclosed to her that he was an escaped convict. Arrested June 2, 1943, Proctor faced extradition to Indiana when this picture was taken in the Los…

Eddie Rickenbacker, ace of WW 1, testifies before the Senate Military Affairs Committee.