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Article: National Archives puts U.S. on display `American Originals' has items on Lincoln, Garbo, Wyatt Earp, Rosa Parks
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 18, 1998
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From the first issue of Mad Magazine in 1952 to the 1955 police
report on Rosa Parks' refusal to move to the back of the bus to
George Washington's handwritten 1789 list of nominations for the
first Supreme Court, they define American history.
All are found in an appealingly eclectic new exhibit of "American
Originals" on display at the National Archives here. The pieces of
the show were combed from the Archives' little-known and rarely seen
multibillion-artifact collection.
"The intent is to put out some of the most treasured items and to
have it a varied enough selection so that everyone who comes will
find at least one or two things that are of interest to them," said
Stacey Bredhoff, ...