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[Folding bridge - two views, top extended across moat, bottom folded prior to release; used by infantry during assault on fortress]

Illus. in: Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli. Parigi : 1588. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : More

Know all men by these presents that I for and in consideration of the sum of current money of the Province of .... have granted, bargained, sold, released; and by these present do fully, clearly and absolutely grant, bargain, sell and release un

State of New-Hampshire. In the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty one. An Act for impowering the sheriff of the County of Cheshire to release from prison sundry of the good subjects of this State, imprisoned by certain evil-

Imprint 3. 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 88, Folder 33.

The wife of John Bunyan, interceding for his release from prison

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Illman.

Francis P. Blair Jr. to Montgomery Blair, Thursday, October 03, 1861 (Release from prison)

William H. Ludlow to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, September 14, 1861 (Telegram regarding release of prisoner at Ft. Lafayette)

Samuel S. Cox to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, December 05, 1862 (Release of political prisoner)

Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Sylvester R. Knight, [January 1862] (Release of Mrs. Knight's husband)

Thomas H. Hicks to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, May 30, 1862 (Release of suspected conspirators)

M. E. Smithson to Murtaugh, September 1863 (Seeks release of her husband)

W. A. Winder to Montgomery Blair, Friday, August 07, 1863 (Telegram requesting release on Captain Winder)

[James Mitchell] to John P. Usher, Thursday, November 05, 1863 (Draft of order to release funds to African Civilization Society)

Abraham Lincoln to Friends of Union and Liberty, Monday, May 09, 1864 (Press release announcing success of Grant's army)

Union soldiers as they appeared on their release from the rebel prisons / from photographs made by order of Congress.

Cover illustration showing portraits of eight emaciated and sick Union soldiers, seated and lying down. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 18, no. 455 (1864 June 18), p. 393. Soldiers identifie More

Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, Monday, August 22, 1864 (Release of Joseph Howard Jr.; endorsed by Stanton and Lincoln)

Erastus H. Boyd to Sempronius H. Boyd, Wednesday, November 30, 1864 (Seeks release from prison)

John H. Waring to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, February 15, 1864 (Appreciates release from prison)

Andrew Johnson to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, April 12, 1865 (Release of prisoners; endorsed by Lincoln, April 14, 1865)

Albin Schoepf to Thomas W. Harman, Friday, January 27, 1865 (Release of Harman's brother)

H. H. Harman to Thomas W. Harman, Monday, January 23, 1865 (Seeks release from prison)

The prisoner's release. W. R. Smith, Agt. ... Johnson, Song Publisher, 7 North Tenth St., Philad'a

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Joseph W. McClurg to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, February 02, 1865 (Release of prisoners)

W. H. H. Cardiff and Henry Elliot to Joseph W. McClurg, Wednesday, February 01, 1865 (Telegram concerning release of rebel prisoners)

What a trifle may embroil nations! British lion to American eagle, "In the name of Queen Victoria, the royal family, and over a million of children, I demand his release." / Th. Nast.

Sobbing, chiande elephant by sign "Barnum's American Dungeon", with America personified as eagle and Englad as lion. Engraving by Th. Nast. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1882), p. 351. This record contains unver More

Release all class prisoners … General Defense Committee … Chicago, Ill. … Wm. D. Haywood. [1906-07?].

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 18, Folder 55b.

Suffragettes procession after release from prison

Maud Joachim, Vera Wentworth, Florence Haig and Miss Howe, English suffragettes released from Holloway jail, are drawn in an open carriage by their sister suffragettes during suffrage demonstration to Queen's Hall.

Overman lifeboat release - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Albert T. Patrick immediately after release

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PRESS CORRESPONDENTS. GOVERNMENT RELEASE TO PRESS

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PRESS CORRESPONDENTS. GOVERNMENT RELEASE TO PRESS

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Publicity release about iron bound box test, 1917

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Kate Heffelfinger after her release from Occoquan Prison, ca. 1917.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of a woman escorting Kate Heffelfinger, wrapped in blanket, outside near a car, after release from jail. Kate Heffelfinger, of Shamokin, Penn., was an art studen More

Peace. "The peace of the great release," Henley's "Rhymes & Rhythms", Derry & Toms / F.H. Warren.

Poster shows a shepherd with his flock near a barbed wire fence and artillery piece on an abandoned battlefield. Poster is probably an advertisement for a book by William Ernest Henley sold at Derry & Toms depa More

Typical hospital ward in one of two great hospitals at Fribourg, Switzerland, which have been recently opened and where American soldiers will be cared for upon their release from German prison camps. The ARC in Switzerland believes in having everything ready for our boys when they arrive from Germany. These beds will not be occupied until our lads sleep in them for the first time upon their release from German prison camps

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[Mrs.] Lawrence Lewis [Dora Lewis] of Philadelphia on release from jail after five [d]ays of hunger striking.

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Outdoor photograph of Mrs. Lawrence Lewis (Dora Lewis) (center) upon her release from jail, where she participated in hunger strike after arrest at Lafayette Square meeting More

Group of WWI veterans at White House to appeal to the Pres. for release of fed. prisoners convicted of opposing the war - D. Loman, John J. Kelley, N.M. Holderman, George H. Mallon, Clayton K. Stack, and Sam. Dreset

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., Sept. 1919 to Dec. 1921, v. 2, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Libra More

[Picketers with signs: Soldiers who fought in the World War demand the release of political prisoners ..., etc.]

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Photograph taken at the White House of the group of children who have come to Wash. to appeal to the President for the release of political prisoners

Includes wives of political prisoners who are protesting with children. National Photo Company Collection. No. 18642.

[Balloon release from White House with tickets attached for the Wash.-St. Louis game, for the benefit of the Boys Club, 230 C St., N.W.]

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[Frank Farnum - probably not the Western star Frank Farnum - coaching Pauline Starke to do the Charleston for the movie "A Little Bit of Broadway" (release title "Bright Eyes"). May 9, 1925]

Reference copy may be in SSF - Dancing. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Motion pictures; Dance Ballroom; BI; Shelf.

"Supporting a bride" latest Dempsey release

Boxer Jack Dempsey in Chicago, hoisting his wife, Estelle Taylor, on his right shoulder. Underwood & Underwood. No. CH53129S.

Chinese Minister's family attend theatre. The March of Time, a motion picture release, attracted representatives of foreign governments when it was shown in Washington. This group, from the left, Madame Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, wife of the minister, and their two daughters, Julia and Alce. The young gentleman is Wilber Sze, nephew of the minister. 2/1/35

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To the movies. Polish Ambassador Stanislaw Patek, accompanied by his personal secretary, attends a Washington motion picture theatre to see the March of Time, a new motion picture release. 2/2/35

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Editing an information release. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Washington, D.C.

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Putting all the press releases in one pile for quick release, 9/10/37

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Publicity - 1937 - Press Release - Weekly News Bulletin - NYC

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Putting all the press releases in one pile for quick release, 91037

A group of women standing around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Genera More

Publicity - 1937 - Press Release - Weekly News Bulletin - NYC

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Color presentation at Annapolis. Annapolis, MD May 31. June week at Annapolis got off to a flying start today when Janet Cunneen, of Washington, DC, this year's regimental color girl presented the colors to the company commander H.B. Hahn, Admiral David Sellers, Superintendent of the Naval Academy is in the center. note to editors: this photo is for release June 2. 5/31/37

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G.O.P. Tun Thumper inspects brain child. Washington, D.C., June 29. Franklyn Waltman, new publicity director of the Republican National committee, inspects his initial release of "Looking Forward." The release is almost identical, as to make-up and type-face, as that put out by Charles Michaelson, Democratic National Committee publicity Chairman, entitled "Dispelling the Fog" 62938

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 19 More

Sir Harold MacMichael. H.E. [i.e., His Excellency] in Beersheba. June 1938. Tribal court forum[?] attended by H.E. [i.e., His Excellency] while Sheikh Atawineh submitted a petition for the release of those exiled, etc.

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Woman doctor urges women be allowed to serve in U.S. Army on equal basis as men. Washington, D.C., Dec. 13. If Congress acts favorably on resolution recently adopted by the American Medical Women's Association, women may yet serve in the United States Army with rank, uniform and pay commensurate to that of men. One of the few women practitioners engaged by the Army as contract surgeon during the World War, Dr. Kate B. Karpeles, above, National President of the A. M.W.A., says the single standard is desired only in time of war or other great national emergency. Its primary purpose being to release male physicians for duty in the field. Dr. Karpeles emphasizes that equal treatment should be given not only surgeons of both sexes, but also technicians, laboratory workers and other classes of medical fighters, 12/13/38

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G.O.P. Tun Thumper inspects brain child. Washington, D.C., June 29. Franklyn Waltman, new publicity director of the Republican National committee, inspects his initial release of "Looking Forward." The release is almost identical, as to make-up and type-face, as that put out by Charles Michaelson, Democratic National Committee publicity Chairman, entitled "Dispelling the Fog" 6/29/38

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Little business man what now? Washington, D.C., March 4. President Roosevelt's recent Little Business Men's Conference will come in for a bit of good-natured jibing at the Women's National Press Club Annual Dinner and Stunt Party at the Willard Hotel, Saturday, March 5. The ladies of the Administration, headed by Mrs. Roosevelt, will be honored guests at the party. Mrs. Fletcher Howarth will impersonate Secretary Roper and the Little Business Men in the skit "nice work if you can get it" to be staged at the affair, 3/4/38 Note: this photograph is for release to morning papers of Sunday, March 6, 1938

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[ Press Release by Rogers and Cowan, Inc. - A Proclamation by Tom Bradley, Mayor of L.A.: September 8, 1985 is Danny Kaye Day]

Courtesy of Rogers & Cowan (Copyright Notice) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. More

[ Press release from the American Veterans Committee, October 30, 1947]

Opposing the actions of the House Un-American Activities Committee. (General)

[ Press Release - Buddy Basch Office, 12/26/56]

[ Press release from UNICEF Alberta regarding Danny Kaye speaking at a dinner on October 2, 1986]

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

Bombs away! At the proper moment the bombardiers release their load. A salvo, such as this, finds all bombs dropping in a straight line, because each of them continues, for a time, at the same forward speed it had acquired while in the plane's bomb bay. Three miles down below is the target, the objective of this raid. After this salvo, the bombardier may direct the pilot to fly back over the target for another crack at it

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Veteran Polish weather expert joins staff of Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C. March 14. With home, laboratory, and invaluable records of years presumably lost in the recent Polish War, Dr. Henryk Arctowski, of the University of Lvov, one of Poland's foremost scientists and former Antarctic explorer, has started at the Smithsonian Institution the monumental job of determining direct effects of changes in the Sun's radiation on weather conditions on Earth. Recognized in all countries as one of the greatest living authorities on world weather, Dr. Arctowski is continuing his studies in efforts to find relationships between solar conditions and rainfall, barometric pressure, etc., at various places on Earth. His earliest meteorlogical observation began as a young geologist on the Antarctic exploring ship Belgica in 1897-99. For release morning papers of March 18 - 40

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Carnegie Foundation Peace Prize to Kaye [Press release for Danny Kaye by Rogers & Cowan, Inc.]

Danny Kaye received the award on April 16, 1981. (General) Courtesy of Rogers & Cowan (Copyright Notice) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and mak More

Treasury prepares to release flood of Social Security checks. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. January 1 will see the Treasury's Division of Disbursement taking upon the additional duty of issuing thousands of checks each month to social security beneficiaries. They are now making 2,000 addressograph plates a day for the checks shown running off here, and expect to have about a million plates in file by the end of 1940. Ralph Baughman is shown here removing a few hundred checks from the business end of a check writing machine

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[ Press release by Rogers & Cowan, Inc., Febuary 18, 1981]

Regarding Danny Kaye being honored by the American College of Cardiology. (General) Courtesy of Rogers & Cowan (Copyright Notice)

[ News Release by Rogers & Cowan, Inc., May 21, 1985]

Headline: Danny Kaye awarded Doctor of Humane Letters Degree at University of South Carolina. (General) Courtesy of Rogers & Cowan (Copyright Notice)

Press Release No. 159, "Library of Congress Announces the Opening of Two New Exhibitions Related to the War," Library of Congress, October 7, 1940

In Press Release No. 159, the Library of Congress announces the opening to two new exhibits: "Women in the War" and "Military Colleges."

[' Special Juke Box Release' - Buddy Basch Office, 6/7/51]

Press release from the Buddy Basch Office, a publicist for Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine. (General)

[ Press release for Danny Kaye by Rogers & Cowan, Inc., November 10, 1983]

Regarding Danny Kaye receiving on November 10, 1983, the Knight's Cross of the First Order of the Dannebrog at the Brentwood, California home of Henning Kristiansen, Royal Danish Consul General, at the persona More

UNICEF News Release - November 22 [1973]

Regarding Danny Kaye's tour of Europe for UNICEF. (General) The tour coincided with a concert in Stockholm in which Danny Kaye conducted. (General)

Women's Press Club skit instructs future first ladies on how to get along. 5. Delegates to the nominating convention include 679,342. 1-2 honest to God newspaperwomen, not counting socialite chiselers, meeting to nominate the next first lady who may pick out her own president. All possible ladies are considered. They attempt to discover if 'Mrs. Roosevelt will settle down, if Mrs. Taft is on a diet, and who Mrs. Dewey was. Mary Johnson of Time, city room gal-bab Lincoln, Washington Times-Herald, Club Editor, Corrinne Frazier, WPA, Correspondent, Mrs. Elizabeth May Craig, Portland, Maine, Press-Herald Chairman, Bess Furman, Furman Features, Political Writer, Malvina Lindsay, Washington Post Woman's Page Editor, Hope Riding Miller, The Washington Post Society editor. Do not release before March 11, 1940

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[ Press release for Danny Kaye by Rogers & Cowan, Inc., November, 1983]

Regarding Danny Kaye receiving on November 10, 1983, the Knight's Cross of the First Order of the Dannebrog at the Brentwood, California home of Henning Kristiansen, Royal Danish Consul General, at the persona More

[ News Release by Rogers & Cowan, Inc., August 30, 1985]

Regarding Danny Kaye's performance conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. (General) Courtesy of Rogers & Cowan (Copyright Notice)

[ New Release by Rogers & Cowan, Inc., June 25, 1986]

Regarding Danny Kaye receiving the "Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur" from Bernard Miyet, Consul General of France. (General) Courtesy of Rogers & Cowan (Copyright Notice)

News Release - Look, Maestro, Here Comes Danny Kaye

Press release by the Vancouver Symphony Society. (General) On February 20, 1982, Danny Kaye conducted the Vancouver Symphony in a benefit concert. (General) From box marked: Danny Kaye/Sylvia Fine 4 of 5 rec More

[ United Nations, Press Release, April 11, 1956]

Regarding Danny Kaye's UNICEF tour to present his film "Assignment: Children" (General)

Civilian defense. A police emergency worker shows how Warsop asoline rockbreaker works. The two-cycled engine delivers 2300 blows per minute, and can be used to break through walls to release trapped persons. The demonstration was at the civilian defense show at Madison Square Garden, New York

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Aluminum collection. A store window display in New York, New York, promoting the National Defense Aluminum Collection (July 21-29, 1941). This collection was conducted by the Office of Civilian Defense and some of the aluminum obtained will be for use in industries producing for national defense. Much of the lower grade aluminum collected which cannot be used directly for this purpose will be used to replace new aluminum in the manufacture of consumer goods, and hence release this new aluminum for use in defense production

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Aluminum collection. A store window display in Rutherford, New Jersey, promoting the National Defense Aluminum Collection (July 21-29, 1941). This collection was conducted by the Office of Civilian Defense and some of the aluminum obtained will be for use in industries producing for national defense. Much of the lower grade aluminum collected which cannot be used directly for this purpose will be used to replace new aluminum in the manufacture of consumer goods, and hence release this new aluminum for use in defense production

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Press Release No. 10, Office of the Secretary, Library of Congress, March 21, 1941

Press release announcing the preliminary steps taken to secure the collections of the Library of Congress during World War II.

Aluminum collection. A store window display in New York, New York, promoting the National Defense Aluminum Collection (July 21-29, 1941). This collection was conducted by the Office of Civilian Defense and some of the aluminum obtained will be for use in industries producing for national defense. Much of the lower grade aluminum collected which cannot be used directly for this purpose will be used to replace new aluminum in the manufacture of consumer goods, and hence release this new aluminum for use in defense production

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Aluminum collection. A store window display in New York, New York, promoting the National Defense Aluminum Collection (July 21-29, 1941). This collection was conducted by the Office of Civilian Defense and some of the aluminum obtained will be for use in industries producing for national defense. Much of the lower grade aluminum collected which cannot be used directly for this purpose will be used to replace new aluminum in the manufacture of consumer goods, and hence release this new aluminum for use in defense production

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Press Release No. 30, "Democracy Alcove," Library of Congress, September 10, 1941

Announcement of the opening of the Democracy Alcove, set aside for the use of readers in the Main Reading Room at the Library of Congress. The Alcove contains "the classic texts of the American tradition: the D More

Aluminum collection. A store window display in New York, New York, promoting the National Defense Aluminum Collection (July 21-29, 1941). This collection was conducted by the Office of Civilian Defense and some of the aluminum obtained will be for use in industries producing for national defense. Much of the lower grade aluminum collected which cannot be used directly for this purpose will be used to replace new aluminum in the manufacture of consumer goods, and hence release this new aluminum for use in defense production

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Lunch on the job. Lunchtime in the creel room does not release workers from watching the flow of the cord. Whereas there is not often an emergency break, someone must be on hand in case the emergency should arise. Firestone (General Tires), Akron, Ohio

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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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Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. To release housewives for war work, girls in high school Victory Corps throughout America are helping to operate day nurseries. In addition to helping the community, these students at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, receive home economics credit for this work

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Paramount Picture star sends her typewriter to war. Susan Hayward, Paramount motion picture star, does her share in sending typewriters to war. Pictures shows Miss Hayward selling her machine to the government as her contribution to the typewriter campaign. Uncle Sam needs 600,000 typewriters for the armed services and is contracting all possible typewriter users to urge them to release "1 out of 4" typewriters for Army and Navy service

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Nurse training. Student nurses spend a great deal of time in classrooms, as well as in practice in the wards. Many of the students entering schools of nursing today hope to serve in the Army or the Navy Nurse Corps if the war continues until they graduate; but they realize that they are giving war service as soon as their practice work begins, because they help to release graduate nurses to join the armed services

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To keep your wringer operating properly, dry rolls thoroughly after use with a soft cloth and then release lever which removes pressure from the rolls

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High school Victory Corps. To release housewives in Silver Spring, Maryland, for war work, girls in the Victory Corps of Montgomery Blair High School operate a day nursery. Besides helping the community, the project ties in with the school's home economics course

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Press Release No. 51, Office of the Secretary, Library of Congress, February 12, 1942

Press Release announcing the availability of a special collection of material in the Library of Congress pertaining to air raid precautions and civilian defense.

Press Release No. 88, "The Library of Congress Appoints Fellow in War Bibliography," Library of Congress, November 1, 1942

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. A worker in a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation is packaging bats of lightweight, inorganic, firesafe building insulation. Recent findings by the U.S. Bureau of Mines show that adequate home insulation can save over a billion dollars a year in fuel and release transportation facilities required for the war effort

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Sheet metal sub-assemblies for North American B-25 bombers and P-51 fighters are placed in huge stockrooms prior to release on assembly lines

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Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. A worker in a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation is packaging bats of lightweight, inorganic, firesafe building insulation. Recent findings by the U.S. Bureau of Mines show that adequate home insulation can save over a billion dollars a year in fuel and release transportation facilities required for the war effort

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Geiger Field, Washington. Sighting the tear gas spouting jeep, these members of the Air Corps quickly don their masks. They never know when the driver is going to pull the cord and release a charge of tear gas in their direction, to ensure their being on the alert

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Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. A worker in a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation is packaging bats of lightweight, inorganic, firesafe building insulation. Recent findings by the U.S. Bureau of Mines show that adequate home insulation can save over a billion dollars a year in fuel and release transportation facilities required for the war effort

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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

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Washington, D.C. International youth assembly. Delegate from New Zealand reading press release on the assembly

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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

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Mounting a navy flying ship at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, a former department store girl, is one of many women who are taking over jobs to release men for military service. She is a civil service crowler in the assembly and repair department at the base

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