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Playing backgammon outdoors with friends in a nostalgic, vintage setting, capturing moments of social interaction and classic game celebration, highlighting cultural history and leisure activities.

September 6, 1975 – Amid Assassination Attempts, Optimism In The Middle-East – Busing, Two Years On

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”46355″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”September 6, 1975 – CBS Radio – The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] – Become a Patron! September 6, 1975 – Busy news week. With the attempted assassination (the second one in so many weeks), President Ford was starting to wonder

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Vintage NBC radio microphone and female presenter in classic broadcast studio setting, emphasizing news, history, and music archives.

September 6, 1939 – Dorothy Thompson Has A Few Words About Current Events.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”46350″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”Dorothy Thompson Commentary – September 6, 1939 – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! Dorothy Thompson – a name that may not ring a lot of bells, certainly with anyone born after the World War 2 years. But Dorothy

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Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft at an airfield during a public event, with President Richard Nixon giving a speech to the gathered crowd. Historic military aviation, Cold War era, USAF aircraft display.

September 5, 1976 – Ford And Carter On The Campaign Trail – The Situation In Soweto

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”46336″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”September 5, 1976 – CBS Radio: Washington Week – The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! September 5, 1976 – President Ford and Governor Jimmy Carter hot on the campaign trail, while back in Washington, plans were being finalized

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Historical military soldiers in uniform with rifles, representing wartime history and military service, from the archives of Past Daily.

September 4, 1949 – Yugoslavia And Tito – Two Pilots Defect, One Has Second Thoughts – The Boy In The Well

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”46323″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”NBC News – Voices And Events – September 4, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! September 4, 1949 – the end of a busy week throughout the world. Starting with news from Belgrade of a split between Yugoslavia and The Soviet

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Protesters advocating rent control hold signs outside a train station, illustrating historical housing rights movements and urban activism.

Should We Continue Rent Control? – 1950 – Past Daily Reference Room

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”46310″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”Rent Control – 1950 – American Forum of The Air – May 7, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Become a Patron! Rent Control – lest you think it’s a recent subject for debate, think again. Rent Control has been a subject of considerable

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