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Training a policewoman--Chief among the policewoman's duties is the prevention of delinquency among young girls

Training a policewoman--Chief among the policewoman's duties is the pr...

Two policewomen talking to a girl in sailor suit. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

British troops in France

British troops in France

Photograph shows British soldiers in a train during World War I, France. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

British troops outside Jerusalem[?]

British troops outside Jerusalem[?]

Photograph shows British troops possibly outside Baghdad, Iraq during World War I.

British at Etaples buying from natives

British at Etaples buying from natives

Photograph shows British troops at Étaples, France with women selling food, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

The Worcesters going into action

The Worcesters going into action

Photograph shows British troops marching and waving their helmets in greeting. Printed on front: Official photograph; Crown copyright reserved; Daily Mail War Pictures, 33. Title from item. In collection: Brit... more

British Going on Picket -- Mesopotamia

British Going on Picket -- Mesopotamia

Photograph shows British troops, probably in Iraq during World War I.

British troops resting on road

British troops resting on road

Photograph shows British troops resting on a road during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Gen. Sir C.A. Anderson

Gen. Sir C.A. Anderson

Photograph shows Lieutenant General Sir Charles Alexander Anderson, (1857-1940), Commander of British Troops in South China. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

British troops in Detroit

British troops in Detroit

Photograph shows British soldiers participating in a Red Cross parade in Detroit, Michigan, on July 15, 1917 during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Field kitchen & Tommies resting

Field kitchen & Tommies resting

Photograph shows field kitchens and British troops resting on the road between Neuville and Wancourt, France during the Battle of Arras, April 29, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and similar image a... more

Entry of Field Marshall Allenby, Jerusalem, Dec. 11th, 1917. British troops lining the streets of Jerusalem

Entry of Field Marshall Allenby, Jerusalem, Dec. 11th, 1917. British t...

No. 1844. Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Forms part of: the G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection. Caption ca... more

France - in a front line trench

France - in a front line trench

Photograph shows British troops in a trench in France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Entry of Field Marshall Allenby, Jerusalem, December 11, 1917. British troops lining the streets of Jerusalem

Entry of Field Marshall Allenby, Jerusalem, December 11, 1917. British...

[British troops in Baghdad, Iraq on March 11, 1917 during World War I]

[British troops in Baghdad, Iraq on March 11, 1917 during World War I]

Entry of Field Marshall Allenby, Jerusalem, December 11th, 1917. British troops entering Jaffa Gate

Entry of Field Marshall Allenby, Jerusalem, December 11th, 1917. Briti...

Capture and occupation of Palestine by British. British troops on parade at Jaffa Gate

Capture and occupation of Palestine by British. British troops on para...

British watch shelling near Wancourt

British watch shelling near Wancourt

Photograph shows British troops watching shell-bursts near Wancourt, southeast of Arras, France, during World War I on June 21, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and similar image on Imperial War Muse... more

Allenby's official entry with military review at Russian Compound. British troops on parade

Allenby's official entry with military review at Russian Compound. Bri...

British field kitchen

British field kitchen

Photograph shows British troops at field kitchens and dug-outs in "Sausage Valley," Somme River, France, during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015 and Imperial War Museums website: http://www.iw... more

[British troops in Jerusalem, possibly bringing the regimental flag of the Royal Fusiliers, 1918]

[British troops in Jerusalem, possibly bringing the regimental flag of...

Ervin Wasey Co. Inc., Eaton Manufacturing Co. Truck from National of Washington, D.C. in front of Valley Forge Distributing Co. I

Ervin Wasey Co. Inc., Eaton Manufacturing Co. Truck from National of W...

[Damascus Gate, Jerusalem]

[Damascus Gate, Jerusalem]

[Aircraft at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C.]

[Aircraft at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C.]

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck I

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck I

Robert F. Beresford, architect, 810 18th St. N.W. Site for cars by Unitarian Church

Robert F. Beresford, architect, 810 18th St. N.W. Site for cars by Uni...

Griffith Consumers Co. Winter scene of Griffith Consumers Co. truck II

Griffith Consumers Co. Winter scene of Griffith Consumers Co. truck II

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck VII

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck VII

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Main gate of Benning plant, open for truck

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Main gate of Benning plant, ...

Potomac Electric Power Co. service station building, 10th and Florida Ave. Linemen's truck III

Potomac Electric Power Co. service station building, 10th and Florida ...

Griffith Consumers Co. Composite of Griffith Consumers Co. oil truck and winter scene

Griffith Consumers Co. Composite of Griffith Consumers Co. oil truck a...

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. 2nd St. gate, truck entrance, Buzzard Point plant

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. 2nd St. gate, truck en...

Griffith Consumers Co. Insulating job showing Griffith Consumers Co. truck IV

Griffith Consumers Co. Insulating job showing Griffith Consumers Co. t...

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck VI

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck VI

General [view], Brazil, D.F. [Distrito Federal], Rio De Janeiro, Copacabana Beach

General [view], Brazil, D.F. [Distrito Federal], Rio De Janeiro, Copac...

Photograph shows people on Copacabana Beach, with street and buildings, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Title from negative sleeve. Forms part of: Archive of Hispanic Culture Collection.

Mayflower Hotel. Montage of automobiles on street

Mayflower Hotel. Montage of automobiles on street

E.C. Keys & Sons, Inc., Silver Spring. E.C. Keys truck parked near house

E.C. Keys & Sons, Inc., Silver Spring. E.C. Keys truck parked near hou...

Griffith Consumers Co. Woman inspecting meter on tank

Griffith Consumers Co. Woman inspecting meter on tank

Griffith Consumers Co. Coal truck and house, Webster St., N.E. II

Griffith Consumers Co. Coal truck and house, Webster St., N.E. II

E.C. Keys & Sons, Inc., Silver Spring. E.C. Keys truck parked on street with house in background

E.C. Keys & Sons, Inc., Silver Spring. E.C. Keys truck parked on stree...

McArthur Advertising Corporation, 2480 16th Street. Frazer auto display at Union Station I

McArthur Advertising Corporation, 2480 16th Street. Frazer auto displa...

Griffith Consumers Co. Copy of Griffith Consumers Co. coal truck photograph

Griffith Consumers Co. Copy of Griffith Consumers Co. coal truck photo...

Ford V-8 economy run. Senator Reynolds congratulating driver Parker Lewis of AAA II

Ford V-8 economy run. Senator Reynolds congratulating driver Parker Le...

Griffith Consumers Co. Insulating job showing Griffith Consumers Co. truck III

Griffith Consumers Co. Insulating job showing Griffith Consumers Co. t...

Griffith Consumers Co. Coal truck of Griffith Consumers Co.

Griffith Consumers Co. Coal truck of Griffith Consumers Co.

Southern Dairies Building and trucks. Southern Dairies building and trucks II

Southern Dairies Building and trucks. Southern Dairies building and tr...

Vaughan Connelly. Side view of car and farm in background

Vaughan Connelly. Side view of car and farm in background

Ervin Wasey Co. Inc., Eaton Manufacturing Co. Truck from National of Washington, D.C. in front of Valley Forge Distributing Co. III

Ervin Wasey Co. Inc., Eaton Manufacturing Co. Truck from National of W...

Griffith Consumers Co. Coal truck and house, Webster St., N.E. I

Griffith Consumers Co. Coal truck and house, Webster St., N.E. I

Griffith Consumers Co. Semi-trailer oil truck of Griffith Consumers Co., angle view

Griffith Consumers Co. Semi-trailer oil truck of Griffith Consumers Co...

Ervin Wasey Co. Inc., Eaton Manufacturing Co. Truck from National of Washington, D.C. in front of Valley Forge Distributing Co. II

Ervin Wasey Co. Inc., Eaton Manufacturing Co. Truck from National of W...

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck IV

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck IV

Griffith Consumers Co. Truck snow scene

Griffith Consumers Co. Truck snow scene

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck III

Griffith Consumers Co. Views of Griffith Consumers Co. truck III

Potomac Electric Power Co. service station building, 10th and Florida Ave. Linemen's truck IV

Potomac Electric Power Co. service station building, 10th and Florida ...

Hankow, China ...

Hankow, China ...

Hankow, China. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh inspects the cockpit of his plane after the ship had been hoisted aboard the British airplane carrier HERMES after it had capsized in the Yangtse River shortly after it ... more

Along the cloud lanes

Along the cloud lanes

Aerial view of airplane in flight. JO8941 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Northrop Aircraft Corp.

[Aircraft on Potomac River]

[Aircraft on Potomac River]

New York city views. Downtown buildings, framed from South Street

New York city views. Downtown buildings, framed from South Street

Wir schaffen das neue Deutschland! Denkt an die Opfer-wählt Nationalsozialisten Liste 1 / Witte.

Wir schaffen das neue Deutschland! Denkt an die Opfer-wählt Nationalso...

Propaganda poster announcing political campaign for the Nazi party in Germany, showing two soldiers, one with a bandage around his head. The poster states that the National Socialists are creating a new Germany... more

Studenten seid Propagandisten des Führers Hoch-u. Fachschulen bekennen sich am 29. März zur Deutschen Freiheitsbewegung / / Ludwig Hohlwein, München.

Studenten seid Propagandisten des Führers Hoch-u. Fachschulen bekennen...

Poster shows a man with left arm raised calling out to students to become propagandists for the Führer; a large swastika in the lower left corner mirrors that on his lapel. The man also asks that universities a... more

Demountable employee housing. The most recent development of the demountable method makes use of the stressed skin principle of plywood engineering. In consequnce, the house slices become very much lighter and can be towed on a light undercarriage behind a small truck or ordinary passenger car

Demountable employee housing. The most recent development of the demou...

[Adolph Hitler with an official in a stadium at a Nazi party rally and an aerial view of a crowd of people giving the Nazi salute, Nuremberg, Germany]

[Adolph Hitler with an official in a stadium at a Nazi party rally and...

Castell road "Seven Sisters" S.S. Roina Cruise travelling in train of cars under motor-police escort down the Kastal Hills (Seven Sisters)

Castell road "Seven Sisters" S.S. Roina Cruise travelling in train of ...

Purim Carnival in Tel Aviv. 1934. Purim celebration in Tel Aviv. The Hitler float. Three large dragons driven by the Nazi leader

Purim Carnival in Tel Aviv. 1934. Purim celebration in Tel Aviv. The H...

Cars in desert

Cars in desert

Castell road "Seven Sisters" S.S. Roina Cruise travelling in train of cars under motor-police escort down the Kastal Hills (Seven Sisters)

Castell road "Seven Sisters" S.S. Roina Cruise travelling in train of ...

Goodbye to Congress: Gassoway family leave. Rep. Percy L. Gassaway (D. of Okla) packed up his family Friday and stepped on the gas for Coalgate, Okla. [...] and home. Gassaway decided not to wait for Congress to adjourn. Left to right: Jimmy 7, Mrs. Gassaway, Betty Jane, 10, Betty Jo, 13, and the Cowboy Congressman himself [...] "Goodbye Washington" 7/26/35

Goodbye to Congress: Gassoway family leave. Rep. Percy L. Gassaway (D....

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... more

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... more

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... more

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... more

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... more

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... more

Rio Grande national forest, Colorado. Three thousand ewes and lambs on the trail from the summer range above the timber line at the head of the Rio Grand river, to the home ranch near La Jara

Rio Grande national forest, Colorado. Three thousand ewes and lambs on...

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production. All over shot B-24. San Diego

Miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft production. All ov...

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... more

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War In...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... more

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... more

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... more

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... more

From Belgium. Comte Robert van de Straten-Ponthox, new Belgian Ambassador to the United States, is pictured as he entered his automobile after presenting his credentials to President Roosevelt at the White House

From Belgium. Comte Robert van de Straten-Ponthox, new Belgian Ambassa...

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives

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