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A black and white photo of two men in suits. Office of War Information Photograph

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Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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district of columbia washington dc nitrate negatives installation office war information war information owi exhibit drawings paintings artists forces preview overseas division overseas picture division auditor farm security administration office of war information 1940 s united states history library of congress
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01/01/1945
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Lakey, J. Sherrel, photographer
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States ,  38.90719, -77.03687
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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Dams under construction. Watts Bar Dam, shown here under construction, has a semi-outdoors type powerhouse with an enormous gantry crane (to the right of the picture) for installation and removal of units. The project is further distinguished by a control building which is entirely removed from the hydro plant, being located some 120 feet higher on top of a steep cliff and with direct connection to the switchyard behind. The windowless left wing of the control building houses the control room; the tower-like structure in the back accomodates air conditioning, restrooms, etc. The glass wall, upper level, contains the reception room with a broad semi-circular overlook terrace, the story below the terrace devoted to offices

Power and conservation. Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Insulators and bus wires in the switchyard of the TVA's Chickamauga Dam, located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River. The dam has an authorized power installation of 81,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 108,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system. The power that passes through this switchyard serves many useful domestic, agricultural and industrial uses

Power and conservation. Chickamauga Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Switchyard of the TVA's Chickamauga Dam, located near Chattanooga, 471 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River. The dam has an authorized power installation of 81,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 108,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system. The power that passes through this switchyard serves many useful domestic, agricultural and industrial uses

Two men and a woman standing in front of a painting. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Office of War Information Photograph

A general state of the Commonwealth's revenue for the year 1807 ... Auditor's office 30th November, 1808.

A salesman and a patron in a wholesale meat market. A reconstruction photographed during the filming of "Black Marketing," a motion picture produced by the U.S. Office of War Information (OWI)

List of pensioners, continued by the Honourable the Executive, for the year 1801, to be paid out of the revenue for that year. [17 pensioners and allowances.] S. Shepard. Auditor's Office, 21st January, 1802 [Richmond, 1802].

Installation of the United States Office of War Information (OWI) exhibit of original drawings and paintings by artists now in the armed forces. Preview, before shipping to Australia, held at the office of the Overseas Picture Division in the Auditor's Building

List of expenditures charged on the revenue 1814, from 1st January 1814 to 31st October, 1814, both inclusive. [Richmond] Auditor's office, 14th November 1814.

New York, New York. Spectators attracted by the exhibits at the Nature of the Enemy show, put up by the United States OWI (Office of War Information) at Rockefeller Plaza

WPA exhibition A. Arapoff, D. Greason, Elliot, Orr.

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district of columbia washington dc nitrate negatives installation office war information war information owi exhibit drawings paintings artists forces preview overseas division overseas picture division auditor farm security administration office of war information 1940 s united states history library of congress