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Discuss low-cost housing problems. Washington, D.C., Sept. 20. John H. Fahey, Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes, discuss the many problems confronting them in putting into operation the $500,000,000 Wagner Housing Act. Housing experts from all parts of the country met with Ickes and Fahey today to promulgate a program of low-rent housing construction and slum clearance under the newly created United States Housing Authority. 9/20/37

Discuss low-cost housing problems. Washington, D.C., Sept. 20. John H....

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The Federal Theater, Works Progress Administration presents "Blind Alley," 3 act drama by James Warwick at the Waterloo Theater.

The Federal Theater, Works Progress Administration presents "Blind All...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Blind Alley" at the Waterloo Theater, showing an alley. Stamped on verso: Works Progress Administration, Des Moines, Iowa. Official business. Work Projects Ad... More

Night meeting in the Farm Security Administration (FSA) office, Rural Rehabilitation Division, Visalia, Tulare County, California. 144 families have applied for Farm Purchase Loans under the Farm Tenancy Act, passed by Congress in 1937. Ten applicants from this region of four counties will be finally selected

Night meeting in the Farm Security Administration (FSA) office, Rural ...

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$556,000,000 saved to consumers of electricity through TVA, TVA Committee told. Washington, D.C., Dec. 10. Rep. John Rankin, of Mississippi, told the Joint Congressional Committee investigating the Tennessee Valley Authority that the TVA's power yeardstick had resulted in an annual saving of $556,000,000 to consumer of electricity. Rep. Rankin is co-author of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, 12/10/38

$556,000,000 saved to consumers of electricity through TVA, TVA Commit...

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A 3 act Yiddish folk comedy "Dus groise Gevins" (The 200,000) by Sholem Aleichem

A 3 act Yiddish folk comedy "Dus groise Gevins" (The 200,000) by Shole...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Dus Groise Gevins" at Memorial High School, Roxbury, Mass., showing three men sewing. Benefit: Boston Bicker Cholim Association. Work Projects Administration ... 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

Discuss America's foreign policy. Washington, D.C., April 15. In an ef...

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Set design for Holiday (act 2) by Philip Barry

Set design for Holiday (act 2) by Philip Barry

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Juilliard School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave., New York City. Gondoliers, second act I

Juilliard School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave., New York City. Gondolie...

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Lend-lease hearings. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson urges the House Foreign Affairs Committee to recommend continuance of the lend-lease act, as Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., lend-lease administrator (in the background to the right) listens. The committee later recommended it

Lend-lease hearings. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson urges the House...

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[Portrait of Gloria Davy, as Aida, Act I, Scene 2]

[Portrait of Gloria Davy, as Aida, Act I, Scene 2]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: I QQ 13. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

Comptroller's Office, Albany 25th, January, 1805. Sir. I have the honor to enclose herein the annual report, directed to be exhibited to the Legislature, in and by the act, entitled. "An act relative to the office and duties of the Comptroller o

Comptroller's Office, Albany 25th, January, 1805. Sir. I have the hono...

Imprint 2. Page Order: Leaflet 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 113, Folder 16.

A one act burlesque entitled The globe trotters

A one act burlesque entitled The globe trotters

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[Portrait of Gloria Davy, as Aida, Act I, Scene I, "Ritorna Vincitor"]

[Portrait of Gloria Davy, as Aida, Act I, Scene I, "Ritorna Vincitor"]

Full-length portrait, facing front. Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: I QQ 14. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: P... More

Unconstitutionality of the Fugitive slave act : decisions of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin in the cases of Booth and Rycraft.

Unconstitutionality of the Fugitive slave act : decisions of the Supre...

"In the matter of the petition of Sherman M. Booth for a writ of habeas corpus and to be discharged from imprisonment. Certiorari to Associate Justice A.D. Smith of the Supreme Court"--P. [1]. Booth and Rycraft... More

Anna Ella Carroll to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 14, 1862 (Opposes Confiscation Act)

Anna Ella Carroll to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 14, 1862 (Opposes ...

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five. An act for the regulation of navigation and commerce ... [Boston: Printed by Adams and Nourse, 1785].

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord, one thousand s...

Ford 2415.; Evans 19083. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 42, Fo... More

... An act to enable the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on continental establishment, to obtain titles to certain lands lying north west of the river Ohio, between the Little Miami and Sciota. [New York:Printed by Francis Childs and

... An act to enable the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on...

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Mme. Sarah Bernhardt in Phédre, Hearst Greek Theatre, May 17, '06, Act 1

Mme. Sarah Bernhardt in Phédre, Hearst Greek Theatre, May 17, '06, Act...

H78307 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 28, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42938. No. 506.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one. An act, for apportioning and assessing a tax ...[Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons, 1781].

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord, one thousand s...

Imprint 3.; Not in Ford. Page Order: Multipage 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 41,... More

... An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers [Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Childs, 1796.].

... An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, a...

Caption title: At head of title Fourth Congress of the United States: at the first session, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the seventh of December, one thou... More

State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations. In General Assembly, September session, A.D. 1789 : An act relative to a convention in this state. Whereas the Congress of the United States, by a resolve passed on the 28th day of September, 1787, recommended to the legislature of this state to call a convention within the same, for the purpose of adopting the Constitution of a general government ...

State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations. In General Assembly,...

Signed: A true copy: witness, Henry Ward, sec'ry. Date and place of publication supplied by Evans. Evans 22109 Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1180 LC copy annotated on verso: Town-clerk East-Greenwich. Also availab... More

T. Dwight Porter to Thomas Jefferson, March 10, 1820, Note on Printed American Geological Society Act and Constitution, Dated May 31, 1819

T. Dwight Porter to Thomas Jefferson, March 10, 1820, Note on Printed ...

A protest of the minority against the act organizing the court of appeals. The undersigned composing the minority of the Legislature who voted against the act "reorganizing the Court of Appeals." being about to separate .... [n. d.].

A protest of the minority against the act organizing the court of appe...

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 23, Folder 22.

The two-horse act - Drawing. Public domain image.

The two-horse act - Drawing. Public domain image.

Photograph shows a male bareback rider on two horses balancing his female partner on his right leg. E4328 U.S. Copyright Office.

One hundred Spanish milled dollars, or the value thereof in gold or silver, to be given in exchange for this bill at the treasury of Virginia, pursuant to an act of assembly passed May the 3d, 1779.

One hundred Spanish milled dollars, or the value thereof in gold or si...

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State of New Jersey. An additional supplement to an act entitled An act establishing a militia system. [1822?].

State of New Jersey. An additional supplement to an act entitled An ac...

Drum act - Print, Library of Congress collection

Drum act - Print, Library of Congress collection

F3601 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Gibson & Co.

The lightning speed of honesty [Uncle Sam seated on snail "45th Congress" carrying Army and Navy payroll and money, with Resumption Act (of honesty) in his pocket] / Th Nast.

The lightning speed of honesty [Uncle Sam seated on snail "45th Congre...

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Bessie did a juggling act with coloured balls

Bessie did a juggling act with coloured balls

No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The Old Mechanic's Bell tower [erected by shipwrights about 1800 at Goerck and Stanton streets near the East River, N.Y.C. The tolling of the bell marked the end of a ten-hour day, an act of protest against the employers' practice of compelling artisans to work from "dark to dark"]

The Old Mechanic's Bell tower [erected by shipwrights about 1800 at Go...

Erected by shipwrights about 1800 at Goerck and Stanton streets near the East River, N.Y.C. The tolling of the bell marked the end of a ten-hour day, an act of protest against the employers' practice of compell... More

Bryan Mawr professor tells Senate Neutrality Group Thomas Act needs amendments. Washington, D.C., April 17. Charles G. Fenwick, Professor of International Law at Bryn Mawr College, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Thomas Neutrality Act should be amended to allow either Congress or the president to select aggressor nations and apply sanctions. As the act now stands, he said, 'No distinction is made between nations that violate treaties they have made with us and those that observe them.' He urged that the United States 'let it be known' that the U.S. will be on the side of those who observe international laws

Bryan Mawr professor tells Senate Neutrality Group Thomas Act needs am...

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Plat of the exterior boundaries of Sequoia National Park, California : created by Act of Congress, approved October 1st, 1890 /

Plat of the exterior boundaries of Sequoia National Park, California :...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows drainage, trails, etc. "The above plat ... is strictly conformable to the field notes therof, on file in this office, which have been examined and approved. U.S. Surveyor General... More

A Daring act - Drawing. Public domain image.

A Daring act - Drawing. Public domain image.

Woman on cart drawn by two bison. J142667 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by E.M. Hegglund. No. 12.

Military Service Act 1916 / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow, Mdx.

Military Service Act 1916 / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harrow,...

Poster is text only. Poster no. 151. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Military service act, 1916 [...] Attest now

Military service act, 1916 [...] Attest now

Poster is text only, explaining the draft system. Poster no. 159. Wt. W. 17147/783.

Lt. Edgar Allen Poe, who has the distinguished honor of being the first Marine Corps officer to serve aboard the U.S.S. Mayflower, the presidential yacht. He will take charge of the detachment of Marines which act as honor guard to the President when he is aboard

Lt. Edgar Allen Poe, who has the distinguished honor of being the firs...

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NLRB chairman tells House Committee that House charges by members are 'half truths.' Washington, D.C., May 23. J. Warren Madden, Chairman of the NLRB told the House Labor Committee that charges against the NLRB by three House critics were based on 'half truths, misinformation, or deliberate misrepresentation.' He told the committee, which is holding hearings on the Wagner Act amendments that the board is not without faults, but that is holding a high average of fairness and consistency and fairness

NLRB chairman tells House Committee that House charges by members are ...

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[Congress, U.S. - women members: Mrs. Kahn, Mrs. Norton and John Phillip Hill - unofficial committee on modification of Volstead Act]

[Congress, U.S. - women members: Mrs. Kahn, Mrs. Norton and John Phill...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. In album: Washington, D.C., Jan. 1925 to Jan. 1926, v. 6, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Librar... More

[People holding sign: "George Washington said: "The Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all." Uphold the 18th Amendment!"

[People holding sign: "George Washington said: "The Constitution which...

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[Woman with signs: Petition to Congress Modification, Volstead Act]

[Woman with signs: Petition to Congress Modification, Volstead Act]

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Doesn't like coal verdict. Sen. William Borah, constitutional authority of the Senate, doesn't like the verdict of the courts on the Guffey Coal Act. He told newsmen that the decision in Louisville placed a new meaning, as far as he was concerned, on the constitution. 11/15/35

Doesn't like coal verdict. Sen. William Borah, constitutional authorit...

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Sec. of Labor before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 4. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins greets Senator Royal S. Copeland, D. of New York, Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, where in a statement to the committee she opposed the labor provisions of the pending Maritime Bill, the bill contains labor provisions which would apply mediation and arbitration principles of t he railway labor act to the maritime industry, 2/4/38

Sec. of Labor before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 4. Secre...

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Murphy creates new office in Justice Department. Woll named Chief. Washington, D.C., Feb. 6. Albert Woll who until today was Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was named by Murphy to head his new Bureau of Commercial Frauds under the Criminal Division. Woll will handle violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, 2-6-39

Murphy creates new office in Justice Department. Woll named Chief. Was...

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In huddle. Washington, D.C., Feb. 21. Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Sayre, left, in a huddle with Senator Key Pittman following Sayre's Appearance before the Senate Territorial and Insular Affairs Committee today in support of amendments to the Tydings-McDuffie Independence Act. Sayre told the Committee vital interests of the U.S. in the Far East were concerned in the disposition of the Philippines, 2-21-39

In huddle. Washington, D.C., Feb. 21. Assistant Secretary of State Fra...

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Juilliard School, 125 Claremont Ave., New York City. Iphigenia, third act set, center IV

Juilliard School, 125 Claremont Ave., New York City. Iphigenia, third ...

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An act relative to the compensations to certain officers employed in the collection of the duties of impost and tonnage ... 1792, May the 2d- Passed the House of representatives. [Philadelphia] Printed by John Fenno [1792].

An act relative to the compensations to certain officers employed in t...

Imprint 3.; Not in Evans. 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 218, Folder 10.

Three pence. This bill shall pass current for three pence according to an act of general assembly of the Common-wealth of Pennsylvania, passed the twentieth day of March ... Dated the tenth day of April, A. D. 1777

Three pence. This bill shall pass current for three pence according to...

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Scheme of the first class of a lottery for raising six hundred pounds to repair and add to the Great Bridge over the Cove at Chelsea in Norwich, (agreeable to an especial act of the General Assembly). [s. l., 1772].

Scheme of the first class of a lottery for raising six hundred pounds ...

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 3, Folder 25c.

The dude and the prima donna a musical sketch in one act

The dude and the prima donna a musical sketch in one act

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October 26, 1793, Isle of Wight, Co-heirs of Rice Bolton Peirce, deceased, for act compelling Overseers of the Poor to levy inhabitants for sum sufficient to pay them Peirce's due for having built church.

October 26, 1793, Isle of Wight, Co-heirs of Rice Bolton Peirce, decea...

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"The impending crisis"--Or caught in the act

"The impending crisis"--Or caught in the act

The print's title derives from the name of Hinton Rowan Helper's 1857 pamphlet "The Impending Crisis," an influential document in antislavery literature. Here the crisis is that of New York senator William H. S... More

October 24, 1793, Frederick, For repeal of act exempting members of certain religious sects from militia duty.

October 24, 1793, Frederick, For repeal of act exempting members of ce...

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October 29, 1789, Frederick, Frederick Parish, for act to permit reopening of lawsuits against John Nevill, who absconded with church funds.

October 29, 1789, Frederick, Frederick Parish, for act to permit reope...

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Chas. H. Kabrich, the only bike-chute aeronaut novel and thrilling, bicycle parachute act in mid-air.

Chas. H. Kabrich, the only bike-chute aeronaut novel and thrilling, bi...

B217635(?) U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Chas. H. Kabrich. Created by "The Donaldson Litho. Co., Cin'ti, O." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

An act making provision for the debt of the United States. [New York, 1790.].

An act making provision for the debt of the United States. [New York, ...

The one printed by John Fenno has 12 sec. while this one without imprint has 14 sec.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full tex... More

An act providing for the actual enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States [New-york, Printed by Thomas Greenleaf [1790].

An act providing for the actual enumeration of the inhabitants of the ...

Imprint 3.; Not in Evans. Page Order: Leaflet 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 213, Folder 6.

Second Congress of the United States: At the second session, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the fifth of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two. An act concerning the registering

Second Congress of the United States: At the second session, begun and...

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Maryland Gazette (newspaper), September 10, 1772, "40 Per Poll" Act Story on Page 2

Maryland Gazette (newspaper), September 10, 1772, "40 Per Poll" Act St...

"40 Per Poll" Act Story on Page 2

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one. An act, for apportioning and assessing a tax ...[Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons, 1781].

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our Lord, one thousand s...

Imprint 3.; Not in Ford. Page Order: Multipage 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 41,... More

By the President of the United States of America, a proclamation. Whereas the Congress of the United States, by virtue of the constituted authority vested in them, have declared by their act ... that war exists between the United Kingdom ... and

By the President of the United States of America, a proclamation. Wher...

Imprint 2. 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 228, Folder 8.

Mme. Sarah Bernhardt in Phédre, Hearst Greek Theatre, May 17, '06, Act 3

Mme. Sarah Bernhardt in Phédre, Hearst Greek Theatre, May 17, '06, Act...

H78308 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 28, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42938. No. 507. Exhibited: Sarah Bernhardt: The Art of High Drama, the Jewish Museum, New York, N.Y., 2005-2006.

Shakspeare--Taming of the shrew, Act III, Scene II / painted by Francis Wheatly, R.A. ; engraved by I.P. Simon.

Shakspeare--Taming of the shrew, Act III, Scene II / painted by Franci...

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Shakspeare--Taming of the shrew, Act III, Scene II / painted by Francis Wheatly, R.A. ; engraved by I.P. Simon.

Shakspeare--Taming of the shrew, Act III, Scene II / painted by Franci...

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Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new four act drama, Sherlock Holmes

Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new four act drama, S...

D6401 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "The Metropolitan Print., 222 to 232 W. 26th St., New York." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Poster - The two-horse act - Public domain lithograph

Poster - The two-horse act - Public domain lithograph

Photograph shows a male bareback rider on two horses balancing his female partner on his right leg. E4328 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - assualt on Kira Yoshinaka's home - pursuing the guards and searching for Kira]

[Jūichidanme - act eleven of the Chūshingura - assualt on Kira Yoshina...

Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinaka's home by the 47 rōnin, with the samurai chasing Kira's guards and searching the grounds. Title devised by Library staff, no information provided by Nichi... More

Shakespeare. Winter's Tale, act II. Scene III

Shakespeare. Winter's Tale, act II. Scene III

William Shakespeare books and illustrations

United States of America. I collector of the district of Newburyport, do hereby certify, that an American seaman, aged years, or thereabouts, of the heighth of feet, inches has this day produced to me proof in the manner directed in the act inti

United States of America. I collector of the district of Newburyport, ...

Dated in mss Mar. 25, 1808. 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 48, Folder 15a.

Act. Lt. Comm. Edward Conroy, USN

Act. Lt. Comm. Edward Conroy, USN

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This will certify that has paid in at this office for which amount registered bonds of the Confederate states of America, bearing interest from this date at the rate of four per cent, per annum, will be issued to him, under the "Act to reduce th

This will certify that has paid in at this office for which amount reg...

Printed Ephemera -Confederate States of America.; On verso: 589729 Mar. 19 '40 Rare Bk Rm. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGM... More

A complete list of stamp duties, to take effect August 1, 1864. Carefully compiled and arranged from the Act of Congress, approved June 30, 1864, as published officially, at Washington ... Boston, Published by J. G. Beals at the office of the Bo

A complete list of stamp duties, to take effect August 1, 1864. Carefu...

I. Title.; On verso: Gift, Caleb Cushing Papers, Oct. 22, 1962. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collecti... More

The scarf act - Print, Library of Congress collection

The scarf act - Print, Library of Congress collection

E4322 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Gibson & Co.

California labor relationist charges AF of L fostered labor disturbances to discredit Wagner Act. Washington, D.C., May 9. George C. Kidwell, Director of the California State Department of Industrial Relations, charged today before the Senate Education and Labor Committee that the AF of L had deliberately fostered labor disturbances to discredit the Wagner Act. He said that in Westwood, a California lumber town, CIO members had been driven out by company agents and that in two weeks there was not a member of any union in town. 'In the face of this fact, it is the Labor Board that is charged with thwarting the 'democratic rights of the workers,'' he said

California labor relationist charges AF of L fostered labor disturbanc...

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State Department confers privately with House on amendments to Neutrality Act. Washington, D.C., June 5. Meeting today in executive session, the House Foreign Affairs Committee conferred with officials from the State Department on proposed amendments to the present neutrality laws. Left to right, seated: R. Walton Moore, State Department counselor, Chairman Sol Bloom, Green H. Hackworth, State Dept. legal advisor; standing: Carlton Savage, assistant to Moore, and Rep. Charles A. Eaton of N.J.

State Department confers privately with House on amendments to Neutral...

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Jean L. Burnett, Chairman Committee on Affairs of Cities, State of New York Assembly Chamber, announces hearing March 15 on tax election act

Jean L. Burnett, Chairman Committee on Affairs of Cities, State of New...

If she renounced him now it would be an act of heroism--

If she renounced him now it would be an act of heroism--

(DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The High Heart" by Basil King, Saturday evening post, 190:21 (July 14, 1917).

Unicycle juggling act - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Unicycle juggling act - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Man on unicycle juggling three balls and balancing soda bottle on stick. Copyright by Exhibit Supply Co. No copyright renewals. No. 15.

Sheaffer fountain pen factory, Ft. Madison, Iowa. Final act of the pen manufacture

Sheaffer fountain pen factory, Ft. Madison, Iowa. Final act of the pen...

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Shocking bathing costumes. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. How times have changed! Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, widow of the author of the Pure Food Act, displaying the shocking bathing costume of 1895 while Marjorie Gunnels wears the sensible one of 1936. They will model in the "Gay Nineties" parade which will be a feature of the summer festival for the benefit of the Women's City Club in Washington, Aug. 28. Mrs. Wiley is president of the club

Shocking bathing costumes. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. How times have c...

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The Federal Theatre presents "Up pops the devil" 3 act comedy by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich at the Waterloo Theater.

The Federal Theatre presents "Up pops the devil" 3 act comedy by Alber...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Up pops the devil" at the Waterloo Theater, showing stylized ballerina. Stamped on verso: Works Progress Administration, Des Moines, Iowa. Official business. ... More

New York Mayor and NLRB chairman. Washington, D.C., Nov. 16. No doubt these two gentleman, Mayor Fiorello Laguardia of New York City, and J. Warren Madden, Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, were discussing the Wagner Labor Relations Act when this picture was snapped at the U.S. Conference of Mayors today at the Mayflower. Madden later addressed the Mayors, 11/16/37

New York Mayor and NLRB chairman. Washington, D.C., Nov. 16. No doubt ...

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Discuss social security problems. Washington, D.C., Nov. 5. Labor troubles were forgotten today as their leaders met today with business and industrial heads to discuss possible changes in the Social Security Act. The occasion was the first meeting of the Social Security Advisory Council. Left to right: Gerard Swope, President of General Electric Co.; Philip Murray, C.I.O. leader; and E.R. Stettin US [...] new head of the U.S. Steel Corp. 11/5/37

Discuss social security problems. Washington, D.C., Nov. 5. Labor trou...

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New U.S. envoy to Great Britain and aide. Washington, D.C., Feb. 18. Joseph P. Kennedy, who was sworn in today as American Ambassador to Great Britain, is shown with the first aide he has chosen. Harold [...] Hinton, formerly Washington Correspondent for the New York Times. It is presumed Hinton will act in a public relations capacity, 2/18/38

New U.S. envoy to Great Britain and aide. Washington, D.C., Feb. 18. J...

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First meeting of the maritime labor board. Washington, D.C., July 14. The first meeting of the Maritime Labor Board took place today in the Commerce Dept. The group will act as a mediation board in all maritime labor troubles, left to right; Dr. Louis Bloch, of San Francisco, Chairman Robert W. Bruere, New York, and Claude E. Seehorn, of Denver, 7/14/38

First meeting of the maritime labor board. Washington, D.C., July 14. ...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Now an expert mechanic, Mary Josephine Farley shows an National Youth Administration (NYA) trainee the tricks of a Wright Whirlwind Motor. He will act as her helper for about eight weeks; then he'll be qualified to work on motors for the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Now an expert mechanic, Mary Jo...

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Nixon sends GIs into Cambodia. Nixon declares all-out war on Southeast Asia. The people must act now. Mass meeting at the White House at noon on Saturday, May 9. [Washington, 1970].

Nixon sends GIs into Cambodia. Nixon declares all-out war on Southeast...

GB5/19/70.; On verso: Presented to L.C. by J. Harty, May 6, 1970. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collec... More

The two songs a drama in one act

The two songs a drama in one act

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[Portrait of Debria Brown, as Carmen, Act I]

[Portrait of Debria Brown, as Carmen, Act I]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: VIII QQ 12. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebritie... More

The great Victorina Troupe originators and presenters of the most marvelous sword swallowing act on earth.

The great Victorina Troupe originators and presenters of the most marv...

"See Kar-mi" pasted over Victorina on top of poster; Victorina also performed as the magician, Kar-mi. "Shoots a gun barrel while it is down his throat; swallows an electric light; the $10,000.00 novelty act; t... More

Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new four act drama, Sherlock Holmes

Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new four act drama, S...

D6400 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "The Metropolitan Print., 222 to 232 W. 26th St., New York." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Report on general survey of British Somaliland 1944 (Colonial development & welfare act. Economic survey & reconnaissance), Published under the authority of the Military government, Somaliland protectorate, 19th May 1945...

Report on general survey of British Somaliland 1944 (Colonial developm...

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. The illustrative matter is folded in pocket. Prepared by the Survey dept. cf. Introd. Bibliography : p. 12. AACR2 : 651/2

October 31, 1777, Dunmore, Beckford Parish, for act to empower vestries of Frederick and Norborne Parishes to levy taxes for repairing churches in latter two parishes.

October 31, 1777, Dunmore, Beckford Parish, for act to empower vestrie...

Picryl description: Public domain copy of a historic document - petition, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Unconstitutionality of the Fugitive slave act : decisions of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin in the cases of Booth and Rycraft.

Unconstitutionality of the Fugitive slave act : decisions of the Supre...

"In the matter of the petition of Sherman M. Booth for a writ of habeas corpus and to be discharged from imprisonment. Certiorari to Associate Justice A.D. Smith of the Supreme Court"--P. [1]. Booth and Rycraft... More

Anna Ella Carroll to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 14, 1862 (Opposes Confiscation Act)

Anna Ella Carroll to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 14, 1862 (Opposes ...

Scene from the second act of "Antigone"

Scene from the second act of "Antigone"

(DLC/PP-1933:0139). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Comedie Francaise at Orange," Century magazine, 50:176 (June 1895).

An act for laying a duty on goods, wares, and merchandizes, imported into the United States ... May 16, 1789.

An act for laying a duty on goods, wares, and merchandizes, imported i...

Imprint 1.; Not in Evans. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collect... More

Mme. Sarah Bernhardt in Phédre, Hearst Greek Theatre, May 17, '06, Act 3

Mme. Sarah Bernhardt in Phédre, Hearst Greek Theatre, May 17, '06, Act...

H78308 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 28, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42938. No. 507. Exhibited: Sarah Bernhardt: The Art of High Drama, the Jewish Museum, New York, N.Y., 2005-2006.

An act to enable the citizens of this Commonwealth to discharge certain taxes by the payment of tobacco. [Richmond, 1786].

An act to enable the citizens of this Commonwealth to discharge certai...

For date see House Journal for Nov 16 1786. 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 180, Folder 22.

A view of the obelisk erected under Liberty-tree in Boston on the rejoicings for the repeal of the ---- Stamp Act 1766. / Paul Revere, sculp.

A view of the obelisk erected under Liberty-tree in Boston on the rejo...

A schematic rendering of the illuminated obelisk erected on Boston Common in celebration of the repeal of the Stamp Act. On each of its four sides is a painted transparency which portrays in allegorical terms o... More

Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new four act drama, Sherlock Holmes

Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new four act drama, S...

D6402 U.S. Copyright Office Created by "The Metropolitan Print., 222 to 232 W. 26th St., New York." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

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