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Dwight Bowers holds the iconic 60 Minutes stopwatch, wearing white gloves, in the Smithsonian's American History Museum storage area.

Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes sits in a CBS control room, surrounded by monitors displaying TV broadcasts, wearing a suit and smiling at the camera.

Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace sit in chairs on the set of the first 60 Minutes broadcast, with a sign behind them reading 60 minutes Sept. 24, 1968 CBS News.

Don Hewitt and Diane Sawyer of CBS's 60 Minutes sit at a control panel with monitors showing broadcast footage in a television studio, New York City, 1987.

Anderson Cooper, wearing a suit and tie, smiles while sitting in a television studio with a blue background and camera equipment visible to the side.

Scott Pelley, wearing a protective vest labeled Pelley, stands on a sandbagged bridge in northern Iraq reporting for 60 Minutes during the battle against ISIS in 2014.

Clarissa Ward sits in a truck talking with a crew member while Kevin Richardson stands beside a lion in tall grass at a South African wildlife sanctuary.

Andy Rooney sits at a cluttered desk with papers and books, looking at the camera, in his office around 1982.

Coretta Scott King sits with her children and journalist Mike Wallace in a living room decorated for Christmas, with a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. on the wall behind them.

Anderson Cooper interviews Prince Harry outdoors for 60 Minutes, walking together on a stone patio surrounded by greenery and garden furniture.

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