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![Noon hour, Ivey mill, hickory, N.C. Location: Hickory, North Carolina. / Photo by [...]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvbm9vbi1ob3VyLWl2ZXktbWlsbC1oaWNrb3J5LW5jLWxvY2F0aW9uLWhpY2tvcnktbm9ydGgtY2Fyb2xpbmEtcGhvdG8tYnktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/228/jpg "Noon hour, Ivey mill, hickory, N.C. Location: Hickory, North Carolina. / Photo by [...]")
![New majority leader of the Senate. Washington D.C., July 21. Senator Alben Barkley, of Kentucky [...] was elected Majority Leader of the Senate by a vote of 38 to 37 over Seantor Pat Harrison of Miss. The winner left and the loser right, are congratulated by Senator Key Pittman; Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and President Pro Tem of the Senate](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvbmV3LW1ham9yaXR5LWxlYWRlci1vZi10aGUtc2VuYXRlLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtanVseS0yMS1zZW5hdG9yLWFsYmVuLWJhcmtsZXktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "New majority leader of the Senate. Washington D.C., July 21. Senator Alben Barkley, of Kentucky [...] was elected Majority Leader of the Senate by a vote of 38 to 37 over Seantor Pat Harrison of Miss. The winner left and the loser right, are congratulated by Senator Key Pittman; Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and President Pro Tem of the Senate")
![The whistle blows. Clayton Mills, N.C. See following photos. Location: [Clayton], North Carolina.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXdoaXN0bGUtYmxvd3MtY2xheXRvbi1taWxscy1uYy1zZWUtZm9sbG93aW5nLXBob3Rvcy1sb2NhdGlvbi1jbGF5dG9uLW5vcnRoLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "The whistle blows. Clayton Mills, N.C. See following photos. Location: [Clayton], North Carolina.")
