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[Movement of human appendages and pulley systems compared using principles of mechanics and statics]

Illus. in: De motu animalium / Giovanni Alfonso Borelli. 2 vols. Romae : Ex Typographis A. Bernabo, 1680-1681. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, More

[Hunter shooting at birds in flight with lines indicating how the calculus method makes analysis of movement possible, mathematicians conversing at left, and title page]

Frontispiece and title page in: The method of fluxions and infinite series / Isaac Newton. London : Printed by H. Woodfall, and sold by J. Nourse, 1736. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno More

A political movement. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The artist forecasts with obvious relish the ouster of Van Buren and his cronies from office by William Henry Harrison. Van Buren is shown leaving Washington in a large cart drawn by supporters (left to right) More

[A volvelle showing the movement of the moon throughout the calendar year]

Illus. in: 1st ed. of Regiomontanus' Calendarium, Nuremburg, 1474. See: QJ, Jan. 1965. Reference copy may be in LOT 7007. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cale More

"Yes!" The great popular movement! Let no citizen of Boston fail to go to the polls on Monday, April 25, and deposit his vote in favor of the "Act in relation to the Back Bay and the Public Garden." ... Let the people speak! Vote early and vote

Dear Sir: I have taken the liberty to send you a few documents relating to the Railroad movement in Rhode Island in Rhode Island ... R. G. Hazard. [n. d.].

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 171, Folder 9.

The American federation of labor does what all federations of labor unions do, attempts to give solidarity to the labor movement by getting the various sections of the labor army into touch with each other ... Organizing bureau of the American f

On verso: [Stamp] P. Amer. Fed. Of Labor. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 209, Folder 7c.

Map illustrating the siege of Atlanta, Ga., by the U.S. forces under command of Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, from the passage of Peach Tree Creek, July 19th 1864, to the commencement of the movement upon the enemy's lines of communication south of Atlanta, August 26, 1864 /

Partial cadastral map showing selected buildings and householders' names beyond city limits. Covers area extending from Mt. Gilead Church in west to Decatur in east and from Buckhead in north to East Point in s More

[Illustrated Civil War "Union Envelopes"]: A Secession Movement

Riding jackass backwards. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: The South; Patriotism; Devils & Demons (Cart. themes); Cotton industry; C More

The old general ready for a "movement"

Confident Union propaganda from the summer of 1861, claiming dominance over Confederate troops led by generals P. G. T. Beauregard and Gideon Pillow. Union commander Winfield Scott sits on a mound in the cente More

The war began in earnest. A midnight march. Movement upon Alexandria and the Virginia Heights. Brutal assassination of Col. Ellsworth in Alexandria. A swift and terrible retribution.

Two copies.

The Mud march ... shewing [sic] movement on Bank's Ford Jany. 19th 1863 by Hooker, Franklin & Sumner.

In mid-January 1863, Union General Burnside ordered his exhausted troops to recross the Rappahannock River above R. E. Lee's left flank. A heavy rain fell as the army began to move and the road soon became a qu More

[Western Virginia from Petersburg to Warm Springs, showing the movement of the Union army, 1862] /

Covers parts of the counties of Grant, Randolph, Pendleton, and Pocahontas, West Virginia and Highland and Bath, Virginia including the names of some residents. Relief shown by shading. Date and title from Step More

Illustrative map of the battlefield of Manassas, Va., showing positions and movement of troops August 29th, 1862. : to accompany closing argument of counsel for the government, positions laid down by him, time of day 6 P.M. /

Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: No. 2. Folding map from: Argument of Asa Bird Gardner, counsel for government, after conclusion of the evidence in the case of Fitz-John Porter, before the Board of A More

Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863, showing Stonewall Jackson's great flank movement

This detail from a printed map shows the area around Chancellorsville, Va., including Wilderness Church to the west, the Rapidan River to the north, and the Plank Road to the south. Also indicated is the route More

Map illustrating the siege of Atlanta, Ga. by the U.S. forces, under command of Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman : from the passage of Peach Tree Creek, July 19th, 1864 to the commencement of the movement upon the enemy's lines of communication south of Atlanta, August 26, 1864 /

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Main entry from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S40, 138 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Inc More

The old general ready for a "movement."

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[Map of northeastern Alabama and northwestern Georgia showing movement of Union troops under the command of Gen. Edward M. McCook].

Relief shown by hachures. Title derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. "Traced from La Tourrette's state map of Alabama, 1856." Pen-in-ink on tracing cloth. Mounted on paper. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed. More

Map illustrating the siege of Atlanta, Ga. by the U.S. forces under command of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, from the passage of Peach Tree Creek, July 19th 1864, to the commencement of the movement upon the enemy's lines of communication south of Atlanta, August 26, 1864.

Scale ca. 1:47,520. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 139 From 39th Cong., 1st Sess. [1866]-Report of the Chief Engineer U.S.A. No. 2. In lower right margin: Bowen & Co., lith., Philada. Indicates entrenchments, rel More

The Ohio whiskey war - the ladies of Logan singing hymns in front of barrooms in aid of the temperance movement

After a sketch by S.B. Morton. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1874 Feb. 21, p. 392.

Map illustrating the military operations in front of Atlanta, Ga. From the passage of Peach Tree Creek, July 19th 1864, to the commencement of the movement upon the enemy's lines of communication, south of Atlanta, August 26th 1864

Scale ca. 1:32,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 142 Insets: A portion of the Confederate defenses of Atlanta. Scale ca. 1:1300. 16 x 14 cm. A portion of the U.S. defensive works erected after the capture of At More

The following letter is from Hon. Samuel E. Sewall. As one of the originators of the anti-slavery movement, and since the formation of the Republican party one of its warmest friends and supporters, whose counsel and advice have always been soug

The fin de siècle movement reaches the back country / C.J. Taylor.

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Gaelic Symphony (first page of the fourth movement).

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A down-hill movement / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows a wagon labeled "Free Silver" filled with a group of "free silver" supporters identified as "Tillman, Boies, Sheehan, Bland, Blackburn, Bryan, Sewall, Pattison, Sibley, Jones, Geo. Fred Williams, Pe More

Editorial comment; There are many women who oppose the movement...

Editorial comment: Women should have the right to vote, even if they do not exercise it,

The Flag and the Suffrage Movement

Editor supports Kansas City Journal's comment that U.S. flag is for law and order and not for equal suffrage and shouldn't be waved by suffragists.

Food pledge movement beginning - Public domain demonstration photograph

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Before Senate Wire Tapping committee. Washington, D.C., June 12. During an appearance before the Senate Wire Tapping Committee today, Joseph N. Pew, Jr., Pennsylvania Republican and official of the Sun Oil Co., flatly denied that he had engaged a private detective organization to 'watch' Democratic officials. However, he admitted that he hired Frank B. Bielaski, New York private detective, to 'watch stock transactions' in connection with a 'movement to rehabilitate' the Cramp Shipyards in Philadelphia. These shipyards, he said, were commercially unsound and could not be operated profitably

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Manufacturers group asks removal of taxes to stimulate recovery of business. Washington, D.C., June 3. Noel Sargent of New York, representing the National Association of Manufacturers, presented an 8 point program of tax revision to the House Ways and Means Committee today. The association asked the removal of the undistributed profits, capital stock, and excess profits taxes to put private enterprise into a movement to stimulate recovery. He presented the program as the association's answer to Treasury Secretary Morgenthau's statement that 'the basic need today is to foster the full application of the driving force of private capital.' Left to right: John Hanes, Undersecretary of the Treasury, who attended the committee meeting, and Sargent

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At Senate Civil Liberties Investigation. Washington D.C. Appearing before the Senate Civil Librerties Committee today, Philip E. Ziegler, Secretary-Treasurer of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, charged that Samuel X. Brady, Chief of the Cincinnati Office of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, had tempted to employ members of the brotherhood to act as labor spies and undercover men. In making contacts with the members, Brady posed as repre[...] "philanthropic movement", Ziegler further told the committee

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Woman Suffrage Movement Growing Stronger Each Year, NAWSA suffrage scrapbooks

Lewis responds to anti-suffragists, noting support of National Grande and American Federation of Labor and interest among working women; see also 3:139 Clipping above, probably from 1900, notes lack of support More

Charles Brodie Patterson, Leader of new thought movement to speak in Geneva; page 2

"Man on Corner' continues criticism of Charles Brodie Patterson and New Thought Movement

Portrait photo of [Niagara Movement founders], Ontario, Canada

Photograph shows a group of founding members of the Niagara Movement superimposed over an image showing Niagara Falls in the background; (l. to r.) front row, Henry L. Baily of Washington, D.C., Clement G. Morg More

The Society for Ethical Culture Meeting on International Peace Movement

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League of self-supporting women meeting notice, Anne Cobden Sanderson speaking on Militant Suffrage Movement at Cooper Union

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Interurban Woman Suffrage Council. Meeting notice Anne Cobden Sanderson speaking on Movement of English Suffragettes, Brooklyn, NY

Analysis of Woman Suffrage Movement

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Booth at State Fair, Where Richmond Women are Telling Visitors About Great Suffrage Movement

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Miss Edythe [Edith] Wynne Matthison of Connecticut is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Miss Matthison is well known to all Americans for her brilliant work on the stage, particularly for her acting in "Every Woman." Few realize however, the strong interest which she feels in the suffrage movement and the active support which she is enabled to give the Congressional Union.

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Mrs. Harris Masterson is a member of the National Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. She is President of the Y.W.C.A. of Houston and takes a prominent part in the nation Y.W.C.A. movement.

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Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs of Chicago and Washington, D.C., is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Mrs. Stubbs' brilliant work in Illinois and New York is a part of the history of the national suffrage movement. She is well known and beloved throughout the country for her speaking and organizing ability and for the loyal service she has given to suffrage. She was formerly National Press Chairman of the Congressional Union.

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Portrait, half-length, Jessie Hardy Stubbs, facing forward, wearing short-brimmed hat, gloves, plaid suit with sailor-style blouse and necktie, carrying bri More

It sustained him--and it supported the war-time agencies that helped him! Victory Fund Campaign--The new era movement of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. / / M. Leone Bracker 1919 ; American Lithographic Co., N.Y.

Poster showing a soldier in a battlefield, gazing up at a cross glowing in the sky.

Group. Inter church movement - Public domain portrait photograph

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Shall chaos triumph? Victory Fund Campaign--The new era movement of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. / / M. Leone Bracker 1919 ; American Lithographic Co., N.Y.

Poster showing a Christ-like figure in a battlefield, gazing up at the sky.

Madame J. C. De Veyra, wife of the Philippino Commissioner to the United States and president of the Woman's Club of Manila which has led in the suffrage movement for women of the Philippines.

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Madame J. C. DeVeyra, wearing fur hat and fur coat. Explanatory (typed) caption included with image, headlined: "WORLD PROMIN More

Star witness before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., May 22. Dudley P. Gilbert, New York socialite, who has been financial angel for an undercover nationwide anti-Semitic and anti-communist movement, today told the Dies Committee Investigating Un-American Activities that the American people will 'have to rise under some American officer of the Franco type' if a 'red revolution' is to be averted

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[Group of men holding bones, probably connected to "Bone dry" support of prohibition; William D. Upshaw, proponent of temperance movement, at right. U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]

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Alice Paul, leader of the feminist movement in America and vice president of the Woman's Party with Mildred Bryan, youngest Colorado feminist in the Garden of the Gods at Colorado Springs where the Party will present its Equal Rights Pageant on September 23rd, launching its western campaign for an amendment to the federal Constitution giving Equal Rights to women.

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Washington youngsters surprise Mrs. Coolidge with May Day basket of flowers. [...] the First Lady of the land opened the door of [...] morning she found a May Basket of flowers ha[...] nob. The basket, filled with daisies, was pu[...] little Washington children to tell Mrs Coolidge [...] is Child Health Day." The daisies represen[...] "Better Health for Children" movement. The [...]ph are Nan Norton, Elizabeth Ann Taylor and [...] Cooley

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Distinguished Chinese visitor at White House. Dr. Y.C. James Yon, General Director of the Chinese National Massachusetts Educational Movement, was presented to President Coolidge today by the Chinese Minister Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, on left in photograph. Dr. Yen is a graduate of Yale

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Speaker Garner greets William Gibbs McAdoo. William Gibbs McAdoo, former Secretary of the Treasury under Woodrow Wilson, received a warm greeting form Speaker of the House John N. Garner at the Capitol today. McAdoo, who arrived in Washington by plane today, is leader of the Garner-for-President movement in California. 3/23/32

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WASHINGTON, D.C. FEBRUARY 7. SPEAKING OVER A NATION-WIDE RADIO HOOK-UP, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TONIGHT ADDRESSED THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AS PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF BOY SCOUT WEEK. HIMSELF HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION, THE PRESIDENT DECLARED THAT 'THE THEME CHOSEN FOR BOY SCOUT WEEK OBSERVANCE, BUILDING A STRONGER GENERATION, IS THOROUGHLY WORTHWHILE AND WE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY THANKFUL FOR A YOUTH MOVEMENT WHICH SEEKS MERELY TO PRESERVE SUCH FUNDAMENTALS A PHYSICAL STRENGTH, MENTAL ALERTNESS AND MORAL STRAIGHTNESS, A MOVEMENT TO SUPPORT THE IDEAS OF PEACE

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Receives National Geographic Society award. Washington, D.C., April 27. Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, senior scientist and second in command of the Byrd Antarctic expedition of 1933-35, was awarded a special cold medal of the National Geographic Society at a ceremony today at the society's headquarters in Washington. On the Byrd expedition, Dr. Poulter's scientific work included geophysical investigations, studies of ice conditions and movement, the making of magnetic soundings, and observations of meteors and auroral phenomena. In the photograph, left to right: Dr. John Oliver La Gorce, vice president of the National Geographic Society, Dr. Golbert Grosvenor, president of the society who presented the award, Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, and Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd

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Tuberculosis battle map, Wash. D.C. Miss Mildred Showalter of Washington, dressed as the Spirit of the Double-barred cross of the anti- tuberculosis movement throughout the world, points to various battlefronts throughout the world where the fight is being carried on against the "White Plague." On Nov. 26, ambassadors from various countries will give radio reports on progress of their countries and officially launch this [...] campaign in the United States, 11/25/35

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Wash. D.C. Speaks of League of Nations. Left to right: Dr. Frank N.D. Buchman, American founder of the Oxford Group movement. The Honorable Carl J. Hambro, President of Parliament of Norway and member of Supervisory Committee of the League of Nations. Honorable Carl J. Hambro spoke on the League of Nations. 11/7/35

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Blasts New Deal, Washington, D.C., August 7. Photo shows one of the chief speakers of the old Huey Long movement as he addressed the members of the press at the pre club in Washington. He blasted the "New Deal" in no uncertain terms. Photo shows the Reverend Gerald L.K. Smith in action front of the news

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DENIES GENERAL PENSION PLAN. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 15. M.A. ARLAN OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, STANDING, TELLS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT THAT THERE IS NO MOVEMENT WITHIN HIS ORGANIZATION FOR GENERAL PENSIONS

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"Bum blockade." All heading north. South of King City, California. Difficult to get a record of this movement because these men wouldn't be photographed as a result of Los Angeles police activity

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In spotlight at CIO-A.F. of L. peace meeting. Washington, D.C., Oct. 26. Leaving the CIO-AF of L peace meeting at the Willard Hotel today these three CIO leaders told newsmen that proposals of the Committee for Industrial Organization caused a sensation when offered at the confab. Under the terms the CIO offered to return to the American Federation of Labor as an independent, a situation that which would probably result in the CIO becoming the dominant wing of the American Labor Movement. Left to right: Charles Howard, President of the International Typographical Union and Secretary of the CIO; Philip Murray, Chairman of the CIO Delegation [...] meeting; and Joseph Curran, President of the National Maritime Union. 10/26/37

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Removes papers after senate subpoena. Washington, D.C., Nov. 19. Appearing before the Senate Civil Liberties Committees today, Chester A. Hanson, Milford, Conn., Secretary-Treasurer of the Constitutional Educational League, told how he had helped several other league officers remove important papers from his file after being served with a subpoena ordering him to submit all such information. When asked the meaning of the league, Hanson said it was an educational body devoted to informing the people on the Constitution. It also, he said, was dedicated to giving "information pertaining to subversive movement in this country" 11/19/37

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President confers with congressional floor leaders on proposed special session. Washington, D.C. Aug. 24. Indications that the administration is supporting the movement for a proposed extra session of Congress were seen today following a conference between House majority leader Sam Rayburn, (left) and Senator Majority leader Alben W. Barkley. They are shown leaving the White House. 8/24/37

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FIRST LADY PLANTS TREE FOR GIRL SCOUTS. WASHINGTON, D.C. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PLANTING A TREE IN THE MEMORY GARDEN OF THE NATIONAL GIRL SCOUT LITTLE HOUSE TODAY TO MARK THE PARTICIPATION OF THE GIRL SCOUTS IN THE BETTER HOMES IN AMERICA CAMPAIGN. THE TREE, A CAMELIA JAPONICA BUSH, WAS BROUGHT TO WASHINGTON FROM THE SAVANNAH, GA. HOME OF MRS. JULIETTE LOW, WHO FOUNDED THE GIRL SCOUT MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. JEAN ONLY, OF ARLINGTON, Virginia, IS HOLDING THE TREE FOR THE FIRST LADY

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A group of men standing around a truck, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

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A black and white photo of two men working on a construction site, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

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A black and white photo of a construction site, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

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Barn plant. General view of layout of precutting plant, showing movement of material from left to right. Southeast Missouri Farms Project

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A black and white photo of a farm yard, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

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Announcement, The New Life Movement, ca. 1939

The Library of Congress has a number of online resources related to the performing arts, including a Performing Arts Encyclopedia, which is a comprehensive guide to the library's collections in this area. The e More

Discuss America's foreign policy. Washington, D.C., April 15. In an effort to give impetus to the movement for revision of the Neutrality Act, an emergency conference of one hundred today assembled in Washington for a two-day discussion of American Foreign Policy. The meeting is being held under the auspices of the American Union for Concerted Pace Efforts. In the picture, left to right. James T. Shotwell, President, League of Nations Association - Reverend Roy M. Houghton, Congregational Church of New Haven, Conn., and Ernest Wilkins, President of Oberlin College, 4-15-39

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Workman removing cotton seed cake from mat after oil has been removed. The cake is removed by means of a mandrel machine. Cotton seed oil mill, McLennan County, Texas. The movement of this machine was so fast that it was impossible to stop the action with fastest shutter speed of the camera

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General welfare movement concludes testimony. [Washington] D.C., Feb. 7. Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Robert L. Doughton, and Rep. Charles [...] Washington, talking together before today's [hearing on] old age pension plans. Leavy concluded [arguments?] for the General Welfare Federation's plan of old [...] assistance, after several days of discussion before [... ] Committee, 2-7-39

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Bund-Nazi powerful tieup in this country former reporter tells House Committee. Washington, D.C., Aug. 12. First mystery witness today before the Special House Committee investigating Un-American activities was John Metcalfe, former Chicago reporter but now employee of the Committee as a special investigator. Joining the bund under the name of Hellmut Oberwinder, Metcalfe testified that the leader of the German-American bund, Fritz Kuhn, has a secret relationship with Nazi government so powerful he has taken credit for the recall of former German Ambassador Hans Luther and the shifting of German Consuls in this country who refused to so-operate with the bund movement, 8/12/38

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Young girl, daughter of small pear farmer tends her calf. She belongs to the 4-H Club, the largest movement among rural youth in America. Oregon. Jackson County, near Medford

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Young girl, daughter of small pear farmer tends her calf. She belongs to the 4-H Club, the largest movement among rural youth in America. Oregon. Jackson County, near Medford

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War transportation. Military traffic comes first. One reason why shipments of gasoline and other civilian materials are delayed is because the movement of such army equipment as those half-trac scout cars must have priority over other transportation

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U.S. Negro troops on way to Liberia. Negro members of an American Army engineer's unit, on a transport bound for Liberia, Africa, take their daily setting up exercises on deck. The men are wearing a new light type of life preserver which allows freer movement than the older bulkier type formerly used

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ODT system of port control. Mrs. Elsie Maddox, automatic key punch and tabulator operator in the ODT (Office of Defense Transportation), feeds the punched tape through the machine that marks the cards on traffic movement

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Airplane seat production. See the "V" on the airplane pilot seat? It's the Victory elastic cord which provides the stress needed to counter-balance the pilot's weight during vertical adjustment of the seat. An inspector employed by a large Midwest rubber company now converted to production of war essentials, operates the vertical adjustment release lever which allows movement of the seat while plane is in motion

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Transportation. Tank cars. This train of tank cars on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad illustrates the new plan for solid-train movement of oil. The plan cuts down the time consumed in the previous turn-around of tank car equipment, making more cars available to haul oil to the East

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ODT system of port control. Joseph B. Eastman, Defense Transportation director (seated), checks a traffic channels map with Henry F. McCarthy (left), director of the Division of Traffic Movement, and V.V. Boatner, director of the Division of Railway Transport. These maps, changed daily, show nation-wide railway traffic conditions

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Merchant ship officer. "Shooting the sun" with his sextant, this deck officer on a merchant ship typifies the highly competent manpower handling the movement of materials from the home front to the battle front

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Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. The wheels of a switch engine are ready to shunt cars loaded with fiberglass materials onto the main line for movement to vital war industries

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Milwaukee Western Fuel Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Most of the work at the coal docks of the Milwaukee Western Fuel Company is mechanized. This control board is located on top of the processing plant. From here the men control the flow of coal into the hoppers, the speed of the sizing machines, the movement of the belts in the tunnel, and all the chutes in the plant

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Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Many minds, many heads, many skills went into the construction of this large, hydraulically-operated milling machine. The slender shaft just below the figure "100" in the upper right is a tracer finger, so called because it feels its way gently around the edge of a pattern so that the cutters reproduce the pattern exactly in tough steel. This tracer, so sensitive that it can be deflected with the edge of a piece of cardboard, controls the movement of tons of machinery exerting fifteen or twenty horsepower of cutting force

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A black and white photo of a train yard. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card and print in lot. Transfer; United Stat More

Fuel conservation. Home insulation conserves fuel. Every homeowner can get behind his government's efforts to conserve fuel whether he heats his home with oil or coal, and both are strategically important. Fuel savings can be effected by keeping temperatures at reasonable levels, closing off unused rooms, and insulating in various ways. Windows can be weather stripped. Conservation of fuel will help release railroad and other transportation facilities for the movement of fighting materials

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Fuel conservation. Home insulation conserves fuel. Every homeowner can get behind his government's efforts to conserve fuel whether he heats his home with oil or coal, and both are strategically important. Fuel savings can be effected by keeping temperatures at reasonable levels, closing off unused rooms, and insulating in various ways. Windows can be weather stripped. Conservation of fuel will help release railroad and other transportation facilities for the movement of fighting materials

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Formerly a beauty shop operator, blonde Marjorie Karwaske finds that the dear dead days of bobby pins and curler clamps have left her with skillful, speedy fingers and a natural tendency to eliminate wasteful hand movement. These are invaluable aids to her job at a Midwest vacuum cleaner plant which has been converted to the production of gas masks. Those skillful fingers fasten eye pieces to the bodies of gas masks. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

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ODT system of port control. Operator Jack Keefe, in the International Businees Machine (IBM) room of the ODT (Office of Defense Transportation), feeds the coded punched cards into the machine which records and tabulates by channel, section, zone and individual railroad the movement of all freight traffic

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ODT (Office of Defense Transportation) system of port control. Henry F. McCarthy, director of the Division of Traffic Movement (right), discusses a prospective bottleneck development with assistant director Arch G. Warren, head of the Traffic Channels Section

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A black and white photo of a train yard. Office of War Information Photograph

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card and print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. More

San Augustine, Texas. Troop movement through the main street

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New York, New York. A follower of the late Marcus Garvey who started the "Back to Africa" movement

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New York, New York. A follower of the late Marcus Garvey who started the "Back to Africa" movement

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San Augustine, Texas. Troop movement going through the main street on a Saturday morning

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Robins Field, Warner Robins, Georgia. Convoy of trucks belonging to the Air Service Command practicing movement during a blackout

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New York, New York. A follower of the late Marcus Garvey who started the "Back to Africa" movement

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San Augustine, Texas. Troop movement through the main street

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