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  1. Former #slave in Putnam Co. GA "small girl when Sherman's Army came through." Photo #TDiH 1941: tmblr.co/ZKvbjxMJN8TL about 10 hours ago via Tumblr
  2. Happy #MemorialDay from the #TodaysDocument team. Views of @ArlingtonNatl Cemetery circa 1961 & 1865: tmblr.co/ZKvbjxMI7xAm about 17 hours ago via Tumblr
  3. The #ChryslerBuilding opens as the tallest building in the world #TDiH 1930: tmblr.co/ZKvbjxMFt7Af #NewYork #DOCUMERICA 3:01 PM May 27th via Tumblr
  4. John Quincy Adams #apposed the gag rule #TDiH 1836: tmblr.co/ZKvbjxMFCH7L #TodaysDocument #Slavery 12:01 PM May 27th via Tumblr
  5. The #GoldenGateBridge rises out of the fog ca. 1972. It opened 75 yrs ago #TDiH: tmblr.co/ZKvbjxME6HYF @GGB75 #DOCUMERICA 6:01 AM May 27th via Tumblr
  6. #AfricanAmerican soldiers on the SS Roma deal out cold steel to the "enemy" #TDiH 1919: tmblr.co/ZKvbjxMBTEX_ #WW1 1:01 PM May 26th via Tumblr
  7. Montana becomes a territory #TDiH 1864. #Map of #Montana & adjoining territories, ca. 1865: tmblr.co/ZKvbjxMABIGV 6:01 AM May 26th via Tumblr
  8. #Baseball fans! Records of our national pastime now on exhibit at @AtlantaArchives: tmblr.co/ZKvbjxM88yB_ #Atlanta 4:01 PM May 25th via Tumblr
  9. Devastation from deadly F5 #tornadoes in #Kansas and #Oklahoma #TDiH 1955: tmblr.co/ZKvbjxM6nL8h 8:31 AM May 25th via Tumblr
  10. It's Nat'l #TapDance Day! A young internee entertains the audience with her winning tap dance moves: tmblr.co/ZKvbjxM6UTCk #apah 6:01 AM May 25th via Tumblr
  11. RT @usnatarchives: Six women workers from #BethlehemSteel’s plant in #Pennsylvania meet with President Wilson to ask for #suffrage... 6:25 PM May 24th via HootSuite
  12. Royalty of the real & Hollywood variety visit the #JFK White House #TDiH 1961: tmblr.co/ZKvbjxM4z7Gn via @ourpresidents 6:03 PM May 24th via Tumblr
  13. Tower design for the East River Bridge - aka #BrooklynBridge - opened #TDiH 1883: tmblr.co/ZKvbjxM3R7-G via @DocsTeach 11:01 AM May 24th via Tumblr
  14. #Jazz legend #DukeEllington passed away #TDiH 1974. Here #Nixon plays for him tmblr.co/ZKvbjxM3HYj6 via @OurPresidents 10:01 AM May 24th via Tumblr
  15. "Mary had a Little Lamb" published #TDiH 1830: tmblr.co/ZKvbjxM3EtdQ #poetry #nurseryrhyme 9:44 AM May 24th via Tumblr
  16. #Women munitions workers urge #President Wilson to support #suffrage #TDiH 1918: tmblr.co/ZKvbjxM2ozDf #WW1 6:01 AM May 24th via Tumblr
  17. Can you translate #Chinese? Items from Chinese Immigration Case Files in Philadelphia need translation : tmblr.co/ZKvbjxM1WNoR 7:02 PM May 23rd via Tumblr
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  20. Official ID cert. issued by Imperial Gov't of China in response to Chinese Exclusion Act: tmblr.co/ZKvbjxM0DFij #apahm #sschat 1:47 PM May 23rd via Tumblr
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