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New register of the Treasury. Washington, D.C., Sept. 2. Dr. Edward G. Dolan of Manchester, Conn. took the oath of office today as register of the Treasury succeeding the late W.W. Durbin. He is congratulated by Stephen B. Gibbons, Asst. Sec. of the Treasury, Center, and Postmaster General James A. Farley, right. Dr. Dolan was collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Connecticut from August 1934 to June 1935, was Chairman of the State Board of the N.R.A. and has been a member of the National Advisory Board of the W.P.A. until his recent resignation.

New register of the Treasury. Washington, D.C., Sept. 2. Dr. Edward G....

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[Excess Profits Advisory Board, 1st row, L to R: Honorable C. Hull, Daniel C. Roper, T.S. Adams; 2nd Row: E.T. Meredith, Wallace D. Simmimns, Stuart W. Crammer, J.E. Sterrett, S.R. Beetra]

[Excess Profits Advisory Board, 1st row, L to R: Honorable C. Hull, Da...

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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.

Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs of Chicago and Washington, D.C., is one of th...

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

Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr of New York is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Mrs. Dorr is a well known writer and speaker. She is the author of "What 8,000,000 Women Want" and was formerly editor of The Suffragist, the official organ of the Congressional Union.

Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr of New York is one of the prominent members of ...

Summary: Informal portrait, three-quarter length, Rheta Childe Dorr, seated at desk, facing left with head turned toward camera, holding eye glasses in right hand and newspaper in left hand, wearing corduroy su... More

Tea and tomato juice cause marketing headache, consumers expert tells committee. Washington, D.C., May 11. Dr. Ruth W. Ayers, New York economist and formerly on the staff of the Consumers' Advisory Board of the defunct NRA, brought in three packages of tea and 21 cans of tomato juice to show the temporary economic committee today, and told members that deceptive sizes of cans and packages and lack of quality gradings cause housewives a good deal of shopping headache. She said that she bought all the food at retail stores yesterday, found 11 different brands and 17 sizes of tomato juice cans, with no way to determine quality except to try them all. Asking for 1 quarter lb. tea packages, she was given packages containing 1-2 oz. less than she had asked for. Even though the package was marked as to net weight. She pointed this out as being 'misleading,' even though the price may be adjusted to fit the eight

Tea and tomato juice cause marketing headache, consumers expert tells ...

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Mr. Chester C. Davis, formerly commissioner in charge of the Agricultural Division for the National Defense Advisory Commission. Mr. Davis is also a governor of the Federal Reserve Board

Mr. Chester C. Davis, formerly commissioner in charge of the Agricultu...

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Discuss business conditions. Washington, D.C., May 13. Averill Harriman (left), chairman of the President's Business Advisory Council, and Secretary of Commerce Daniel A. Roper snapped just before they went into the metting of the Business Advisory Council today at the Department of Commerce

Discuss business conditions. Washington, D.C., May 13. Averill Harrima...

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Miss Ada James of Wisconsin is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Miss James was formerly President of the Political Equality League of Wisconsin. Her prominence in that State where her father has been a well known member of the State Legislature, has enabled her to contribute greatly to the strength of the Congressional Union in that section of the country.

Miss Ada James of Wisconsin is one of the prominent members of the Adv...

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Mrs. Mary Austin, of California, the noted writer, [is] a prominent member of the National Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. She is a graduate of Blackburn University where she received the degree of A.B.

Mrs. Mary Austin, of California, the noted writer, [is] a prominent me...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders turned slightly to right facing camera, of writer Mary Hunter Austin of California, who served on the Congressional Union National Advis... More

Advisory Committee on Coordination of Rail & Water Transportation 4/3/24

Advisory Committee on Coordination of Rail & Water Transportation 4/3/...

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Advisory Council Fed. Reserve Board, Mellon & Lamont, 11/19/29

Advisory Council Fed. Reserve Board, Mellon & Lamont, 11/19/29

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At security hearing. Paul Kellogg, New York City, appears before the Senate Finance Committee considering the Economic Security Act. Kellogg is Editor of Survey Graphic and Vice Chairman of the Advisory Council to the Committee on Economic Security. 2/14/35

At security hearing. Paul Kellogg, New York City, appears before the S...

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Begin study of security changes. Washington, D.C., Nov. 5. Outstanding business, industrial and labor leaders attended the first meeting of the Social Security Advisory Council today. Possible changes in the Social Security Act were discussed at the meeting which was held in the Secretary of Labor's office. Here we see, left to right: J. [?] Douglas Brown, Princeton University; Gerard Swope, President of General Electric Co.; Matthew Woll, A.F. of L.; Philip Murray, C.I.O.; as they talk to Arthur J. Altmeyer, Chairman of the Social Security Board, 11/5/37

Begin study of security changes. Washington, D.C., Nov. 5. Outstanding...

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James T. Beach to Western Union Advisory Committee, St. Louis, Missouri, Friday, July 22, 1864 (Patronage at St. Joseph, Missouri)

James T. Beach to Western Union Advisory Committee, St. Louis, Missour...

Army Advisory Board - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Army Advisory Board - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Mrs. Hettie Wallis of Houston, Texas, is a member of the National Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. She was formerly President of the Woman's Political Union of Houston.

Mrs. Hettie Wallis of Houston, Texas, is a member of the National Advi...

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NAT. ADVISORY COMM. FOR AERONAUTICS. REAR ROW: CAPT. H.C. RICHARDSON, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION; PROF. JOHN F. HAYFORD; ADM. MARK BRISTOL; COL. SAMUEL REBER. FRONT: PROF. WILLIAM F. DURAND; DR. S.W. STRATTON; GEN. GEORGE P. SCRIVEN; DR. CHARLES F. MARVIN; M.I. PUFIN

NAT. ADVISORY COMM. FOR AERONAUTICS. REAR ROW: CAPT. H.C. RICHARDSON, ...

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Mrs. Jessie Hardy MacKaye of Washington, D.C., member of National Advisory Council of Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage

Mrs. Jessie Hardy MacKaye of Washington, D.C., member of National Advi...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Jessie Hardy MacKaye with banner in front of Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage building. Banner reads: Forward Out of Error Leave Behind the Night Forwar... More

[Dr. Hugh Eckener, builder and Commander of the Z. R-3 giving his official report to Dr. Chas. D. Walcott, chmn. of the Nat'l Advisory Comm. on Aeronautics, upon his arrival in Wash., Oct. 16th. L. to r.: Dr. Walcott, Capt. Eckener, and Capt. George W. Steel]

[Dr. Hugh Eckener, builder and Commander of the Z. R-3 giving his offi...

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[Excess Profits Advisory Board, 1st row, L to R: Honorable C. Hull, Daniel C. Roper, T.S. Adams; 2nd Row: E.T. Meredith, Wallace D. Simmimns, Stuart W. Crammer, J.E. Sterrett, S.R. Beetra]

[Excess Profits Advisory Board, 1st row, L to R: Honorable C. Hull, Da...

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Open air meeting at Washington, D.C., March 1913, calling upon Congress to pass the national woman suffrage amendment. This photograph shows Mrs. John Rogers, sister-in-law of former Secretary of War, Stimpson [Stimson], and a member of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage, speaking.

Open air meeting at Washington, D.C., March 1913, calling upon Congres...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Open-air photograph of Elizabeth S. Rogers speaking, half-length, in profile, wearing fur coat and hat. A man in bowler hat and a woman in hat with scarf securing it to her... More

Mem. Council of Nat'l Defense & Advisory Com.

Mem. Council of Nat'l Defense & Advisory Com.

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First exclusive picture in new Supreme Court building. Members of the United States Supreme Court Advisory Committee on rules of Civil Procedure in an exclusive Harris & Ewing photograph which was the first to be made of any legal group in the new Court building. The committee is working out a uniform set of rules to be used in district courts to so as to secure one form of procedure. From the left, seated: Edison R. Sunderland, U. of Mich.; Chas. E. Clark. Yale; William D. Mitchell, former attorney general; Edgar B. Colman, Spl. Ass't Att. Gen/; George W. Wickersham, former Attorney General (Standing), L to R: James Moore, clerk; Ferdinand Stone. Edward C. Jaegerman, both clerks; George Donworth, Seattle; A.M. Dobie, Virginia Law School; Warren Olney, Jr., San Francisco; Robt. G. Dodge, Boston; Monte N. Lee Lemman, New Orleans; Edmund M. Morgen, Harvard; Wilbur H. Cherry, Minn.; S.M. Loftin, former Bar Assn. Pres. [...]

First exclusive picture in new Supreme Court building. Members of the ...

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Flame propogation in gas engines photographed. Washington, D.C., Aug. 26. A study of the mechanism of the flame propogation in the cylinder of a internal combustion engine is being made at the U.S. Bureau of Standards for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. A secial bomb made of steel, shown in the foreground, and designed to withstand pressures up to 500 lbs. to the square inch is used to show the progress of the flame and the rise in pressure which may be recorded photographically during the gas explosions under carefully controlled conditions. The camera, where the recordings are made, is in front of Dr. Ernest F. Flock of the Bureau of Standards, carries its film on a drum which may be revolved up to 4,000 revolutions per minute, this camera also records a neon light flashing at a thousandth of a second. The independent effects of pressure, temperature and charge composition upon flame speed and explosion ratio may be made with this equipment, 8/26/37

Flame propogation in gas engines photographed. Washington, D.C., Aug. ...

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Hits present unemployment insurance. Washington, D.C., March 17. Appearing before the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee today, Herman A. Gray, Chairman of the New York Unemployment Insurance State Advisory Council, declared that American system of unemployment insurance is cumbersome, complex and confused. He added, the benefit provisions are so complicated they are not readily understood even by the expert.,3/17/38

Hits present unemployment insurance. Washington, D.C., March 17. Appea...

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War Manpower Commission Women's Advisory Committee. Seven of the twelve members of the Women's Advisory Committee, WMC, are shown at a meeting in Washington, D.C., March 18, 1943. Reading from left to right, they are: Mrs. Beatrice Gould, editor, Ladies' Home Journal; Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin, vice-president, National League of Women Voters; Miss Bess Bloodworth, vice-president in charge of personnel, the Namm Store, Brooklyn, New York; Miss Margaret A. Hickey, lawyer and business executive of Saint Louis, Missouri, chairman; Mrs. Maudelle Bousfield, principal, Wendell Phillips High School, Chicago, Illinois; Mrs. Blanche M. Ralston, former Works Progress Administration (WPA) regional director, Coahoma, Mississippi; and Miss Jennie Matyas, International Ladies' Garment Union, San Francisco, California

War Manpower Commission Women's Advisory Committee. Seven of the twelv...

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Advisory committee hearing industry representatives proposals for new plants on reservation / TOH.

Advisory committee hearing industry representatives proposals for new ...

Navajo Tribal Council committee members listening to industry presentations, in the Council House in Window Rock, Arizona. Title transcribed from negative caption. Forms part of: U.S. News & World Report Magazi... More

Miss Clara Louise Thompson of Missouri, one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, is President of Latin at Rockford College, Illinois. Miss Thompson held for three years the fellowship in Latin and Greek at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the only woman who ever won the American Fellowship at the Classical School in Rome. Miss Thompson was formerly field secretary of the Missouri Equal Suffrage League.

Miss Clara Louise Thompson of Missouri, one of the prominent members o...

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Pres. Wilson and Agriculture Advisory Committee

Pres. Wilson and Agriculture Advisory Committee

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NAT. ADVISORY COMM. FOR AERONAUTICS. REAR ROW: CAPT. H.C. RICHARDSON, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION; PROF. JOHN F. HAYFORD; ADM. MARK BRISTOL; COL. SAMUEL REBER. FRONT: PROF. WILLIAM F. DURAND; DR. S.W. STRATTON; GEN. GEORGE P. SCRIVEN; DR. CHARLES F. MARVIN; M.I. PUFIN

NAT. ADVISORY COMM. FOR AERONAUTICS. REAR ROW: CAPT. H.C. RICHARDSON, ...

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White House conference on unemployment census. Washington, D.C., Sept. 24. Holding his first press conference today, John D. Biggers, Administrator of the Unemployment Census, announced that he had called a conference at the White House on Monday to formulate plans for the first unemployment census ever conducted in the United States. Included among those invited to the meeting were John L. Lewis, CIO head; William Green, A.F. of L. President; George H. Davis, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; W. Averill Harriman, Chairman of the Commerce Department's Business Advisory Council; and Leaders of Farm and Cooperative Groups.

White House conference on unemployment census. Washington, D.C., Sept....

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Alice Paul conferring with English members of newly formed International Advisory Committee of National Woman's Party - at American Woman's Club - in London. Left to Right - Seated - Alice Paul, Elizabeth Robins, Viscountess Rhondda, Dr. Louisa Martindale, Mrs. Virginia Crawford, Dorothy Evans - Standing - Mrs. Pethick-Lawrence, Alison Neilans, Florence Underwood, Miss Barry.

Alice Paul conferring with English members of newly formed Internation...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Alice Paul and English feminists seated and standing in room, (left to right, seated) Alice Paul, Elizabeth Robins, Viscountess Rhondda, Dr. Louisa Martindale... More

Mrs. Edwin Grice of Pennsylvania is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Mrs. Grice is President of the Home and School League of Philadelphia. Her strong support of the Congressional Union has been particularly valuable in securing members for the Union in the educational circles where Mrs. Grice is well known.

Mrs. Edwin Grice of Pennsylvania is one of the prominent members of th...

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from image. Summary: Formal portrait, half-length, Mary Van Meter Grice, turned slightly to the right with head tilted and eyes facing front toward camera,... More

Dr. Cora Smith King of Seattle, Washington, is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage. Dr. King is also Treasurer of the National Council of Women Voters and was formerly a member of the Board of Directors of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Dr. Cora Smith King of Seattle, Washington, is one of the prominent me...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Half-length portrait of Dr. Cora Smith King, facing left, hands folded in lap. Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 2, no. 35 (Aug... More

NAT. ADVISORY COMM. FOR AERONAUTICS. REAR ROW: CAPT. H.C. RICHARDSON, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION; PROF. JOHN F. HAYFORD; ADM. MARK BRISTOL; COL. SAMUEL REBER. FRONT: PROF. WILLIAM F. DURAND; DR. S.W. STRATTON; GEN. GEORGE P. SCRIVEN; DR. CHARLES F. MARVIN; M.I. PUFIN

NAT. ADVISORY COMM. FOR AERONAUTICS. REAR ROW: CAPT. H.C. RICHARDSON, ...

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Mrs. Pethick-Lawrence of England, Mme. Hoda Charaoni, of Egypt, Mlle. Ceza Nabaraoiri, of Egypt - all members of the International Advisory Council of the National Woman's Party, and Mrs. Elizabeth Culbertson, of Meadville, Pennsylvania, confer at National Woman's Party Headquarters.

Mrs. Pethick-Lawrence of England, Mme. Hoda Charaoni, of Egypt, Mlle. ...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of (left to right) Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Hoda Charasoui, Ceza Nabaraoui, and Elizabeth Culbertson, standing on front steps outside of building. Photograph p... More

[Excess Profits Advisory Board, 1st row, L to R: Honorable C. Hull, Daniel C. Roper, T.S. Adams; 2nd Row: E.T. Meredith, Wallace D. Simmimns, Stuart W. Crammer, J.E. Sterrett, S.R. Beetra]

[Excess Profits Advisory Board, 1st row, L to R: Honorable C. Hull, Da...

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NAT. ADVISORY COMM. FOR AERONAUTICS. MEETING OF EXEC. COMMITTEE WITH THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS ASSN., HELD IN MUNSEY BLDG. SEATED: DR. S.W. STRATTON; DR. JOS. S. AMES; ADMIRAL D.W. TAYLOR; DR. CHAS. D. WOLCOTT, CHAIRMAN; DR. M.I. PUFIN. STANDING ON FLOOR: DR. W. CHRISTMAS; 5 UNIDENTIFIED; SIDNEY D. WALDON; CHAS. F.

NAT. ADVISORY COMM. FOR AERONAUTICS. MEETING OF EXEC. COMMITTEE WITH T...

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In spotlight at hearing on Government Reorganization Program. Washington, D.C., Aug 4. Luther Gulick, (right) member of the President's Reorganization Advisory Committee, is informally questioned by Senator [...] F. Byrd, preceding his (Gulick) appearance before the Senate Committee studying the Robinson Government Reorganization Bill. After cross-examining Gulick, Senator Byrd attacked the power given the Presdient in the Robinson Bill as a "Sud[...] on the part of Congress, 8/4/37

In spotlight at hearing on Government Reorganization Program. Washingt...

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Naval Advisory Board, 10/6/15 - Public domain portrait photograph

Naval Advisory Board, 10/6/15 - Public domain portrait photograph

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Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain, of New York. Member of National Advisory Council of Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Graduate of Vassar College and of the New York Law University.

Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain, of New York. Member of National Advi...

Title and photographer transcribed from item. Summary: Formal, half-length portrait of lawyer and suffrage activist Inez Milholland Boissevain, facing left and looking toward camera, wearing a sleeveless, low-c... More

Mrs. Janice Rector of Columbus, member Advisory Council of National Woman's Party, and member of Tennessee Advisory Committee

Mrs. Janice Rector of Columbus, member Advisory Council of National Wo...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Informal portrait, three-quarter length, Kenyon Hayden Rector, facing right, wearing hat and holding pocketbook under left arm, standing outdoors in front o... More

Mrs. Oscar F. Davisson of Dayton, Ohio, is one of the most recent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Mrs. Davisson is President of the Dayton and Montgomery County Woman Suffrage Association and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Ohio State Woman Suffrage Association.

Mrs. Oscar F. Davisson of Dayton, Ohio, is one of the most recent memb...

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Jesse Leech Davisson, facing left with head turned partly toward camera.

Discuss railroads' financial difficulties. Washington, D.C., Nov. 22. George H. Davis, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Arthur Hill, right, President of Atlantic Greyhound Co. at a meeting of representatives all types of transportation today. They are seeking ways and means to solve the present financial difficulties of the railroad. Davis is chairman of the conference and Hill Chairman of the Advisory Council

Discuss railroads' financial difficulties. Washington, D.C., Nov. 22. ...

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American delegation to International Civil Aeronautics Conference. The first meeting of the American delegation to the International Civil Aeronautics Conference to be held in Washington, December 12, 13, and 14, took place today in the offices of Secretary of Commerce William F. Whiting, chairman of the delegation. In the photograph, left to right: (sitting) Nelson T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of State; Edward P. Warner, Assistant Secretary of Navy; William F. Whiting, Secretary of Commerce; [...]m. P. MacCracken, Assistant Secretary of Commerce; ...nd Harry F. Guggenheim, president of Guggenheim fund for promotion of aeronautics. Standing left to right: Lester D. Gardner, president Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce; Joseph S. Ames, Chairman, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; and W.I. Glover, Assistant Postmaster General

American delegation to International Civil Aeronautics Conference. The...

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Sears Roebuck before Joint Committee on wages and hours. Washington, D.C. June 10. R.E. Wood, President of Sears, Roebuck & CO, told the Join Senate House Committee that a general decentralization of industry was the best thing that could happen to this country today. Wood also urged that the board be directed mandatorily to appoint Advisory Wage Committees. 6/10/37

Sears Roebuck before Joint Committee on wages and hours. Washington, D...

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Advisory Committee of National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs, Republican National Committee. Miss Marion Martin, Assistant Chairman, Republican National Comte.; Mrs. Charles W. Lewis, Baltimore, Md., treasurer; Mrs. Eleanor Snodgrass, Repub. Indiana Federation of WRC; Mrs. Albert Vestal, 4th vice president, from Indiana; Miss Katherine Byrne, Rep. Commte, council of Rep. Women; Mrs. Martin Evans, Montana State Federation; Mrs. James R. Arniell Jr., president; Mrs. William E. Evans, 2nd vice president, California; Miss S.M.R. O'Hara, Pennsylvania, Repub. Pennsylvania Council; Mrs. George W. Rogers, Republican Michigan Federation; Mrs. Edward E. Gann, Repub. League of Repub. Women, District of Columbia; Mrs. Fred Murphy, 3rd vice pres., Michigan; Mrs. William Scott, secretary, District of Columbia

Advisory Committee of National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs,...

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Mr. Chester C. Davis, formerly commissioner in charge of the Agricultural Division of the National Defense Advisory Commission. Mr. Davis is also a governor of the Federal Reserve Board

Mr. Chester C. Davis, formerly commissioner in charge of the Agricultu...

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Miss Julia Marlowe of New York, the well known actress, is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage.

Miss Julia Marlowe of New York, the well known actress, is one of the ...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of actress Julia Marlowe, hair loose, facing camera. Research indicates uncropped version of this photograph was published as a postcard by the ... More

Excess Profits Advisory Board, 1st row, L to R: Honorable C. Hull, Daniel C. Roper, T.S. Adams; 2nd Row: E.T. Meredith, Wallace D. Simmimns, Stuart W. Crammer, J.E. Sterrett, S.R. Beetram

Excess Profits Advisory Board, 1st row, L to R: Honorable C. Hull, Dan...

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Mrs. Lillian Harris Coffin, Pres[ident] New era League, Hotel San Francisco, San Francisco, Member of National Advisory Council, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage].

Mrs. Lillian Harris Coffin, Pres[ident] New era League, Hotel San Fran...

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, full-length, seated, Lillian Harris Coffin, president of New Era League, wearing full-length dress with necklace and p... More

Mrs. W. E. Hardy of Lincoln, Nebraska, is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Mrs. Hardy is Treasurer of the Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association, and was on of the most prominent leaders in the recent state campaign for suffrage in Nebraska.

Mrs. W. E. Hardy of Lincoln, Nebraska, is one of the prominent members...

Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 8, no. 5 (June 1920): n.p. Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from image. Summary: Formal portrait, head and shoulders, Gertrud... More

[National Woman's Party members meet in Colorado Springs for a conference to decide a course of action during the 1916 presidential election campaign.] Aug. 10--11 to 15, 1916. Left to right: Mrs. Hetty Wallis, Texas, Advisory Council, Harriot Stanton Blatch, N.Y., Florence Bayard Hilles, Del., Bertha Fowler, Colorado, Anne Martin, Nevada, Mrs. William Kent, California. Colorado Springs Conference 1916.

[National Woman's Party members meet in Colorado Springs for a confere...

Title transcribed from item, with additional information derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Group of six National Woman's Party members posing together outside. Left to right: Mrs. Hetty Wallis, Tex... More

Advisory Committee to Am. Delegation

Advisory Committee to Am. Delegation

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Eva Le Gallienne, Chrmn. - Actresses Council National Advisory Council - NWP

Eva Le Gallienne, Chrmn. - Actresses Council National Advisory Council...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Formal portrait, head and chest, Eva Le Gallienne, facing left with head turned toward camera, wearing embroidered blouse and short-cropped hair.

First pictures in new Supreme Court shows advisors. Exclusive: this is the first picture to be made of an official meeting of any legal body in the new U.S. Supreme Court. It shows William D. Mitchell, left, former attorney general, and George W. Wickersham, as they met with a group as appointed as the United States Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure. The meeting was in the conference room next to the court chamber, and was the first time a conference room has been used in the new building

First pictures in new Supreme Court shows advisors. Exclusive: this is...

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Advisory Committee at War Risk, July 15/19

Advisory Committee at War Risk, July 15/19

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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.

Mrs. Harris Masterson is a member of the National Advisory Council of ...

Summary: Portrait of Mrs. Harris Masterson, half-length, in coat with fur pom-poms, fur muff, and broad-brimmed hat. Photograph edited by cut and paste, pasted to black background. Title and information transcr... More

Mrs. William Spencer Murray [Ella R. Murray] of Connecticut is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Mrs. Murray was formerly President of the New Haven Equal Franchise League and the Women's Political Union of Connecticut. She is now Secretary of the latter association and Chairman of the Third Congressional District of Connecticut under the Congressional Union.

Mrs. William Spencer Murray [Ella R. Murray] of Connecticut is one of ...

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In a jovial mood Theodore Roosevelt, member, Advisory Board, American Defense Society.

In a jovial mood Theodore Roosevelt, member, Advisory Board, American ...

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt standing on platform smiling. Dates stamped on verso: Apr. 24, 1920; Jan. 28, 1923. Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the S... More

Announce formation of 22 additional Women's Republican Clubs. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Following a meeting today of Miss Marion E. Martin, left, Executive Director, and Mrs. James R. Arneill Jr., President of the National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs, announcement was made of the acceptance by the Federation Advisory Committee of 22 additional clubs. This makes a total of 105 now in the Federation since its formation last September. Miss Martin is Assistant Chairman of the Republican National Committee in charge of woman's activities

Announce formation of 22 additional Women's Republican Clubs. Washingt...

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Advisory Board of Federal Womans Prison at Alderson, W.Va., 12/29/25

Advisory Board of Federal Womans Prison at Alderson, W.Va., 12/29/25

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Emma Anatole France, Member, Int'l Advisory Comm.

Emma Anatole France, Member, Int'l Advisory Comm.

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Portrait, full-length, Emma Anatole France standing in garden between two large urns, wearing a headdress, and holding a long flower stalk. Photograph publi... More

TECHNICAL WORKS OF ARTS PROJECTS. FROM THE LEFT: EDWARD BRUCE, SECRETARY OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF FINE ARTS TO THE TREASURY; MRS. ROOSEVELT; L.W. ROBERT, JR., ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF TREASURY; FORBES WATSON, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS OF ART PROJECT

TECHNICAL WORKS OF ARTS PROJECTS. FROM THE LEFT: EDWARD BRUCE, SECRETA...

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Hopkins meets with members of president business advisory council for the first time. Washington, D.C., Jan. 26. The New Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins met today for the first time with members of the President's Business Advisory Council. The meeting was designed to be an era of amicable relations between business and the administration. Under Secretary Roper, who founded the council, its advice was frequently given but seldom heeded. Hopkins indicates he will change this. In the photo, front row; left to right: William L. Batt, President of S.K.F. Industries, W. Averill Harriman, Union Pacific Board Chairman and Chairman of the Business Advisory Council, and Secretary Hopkins. Back row; left to right: Juan Trippe President of Pan American Airways, John H. Fahey, Chairman of Federal Home Loan Bank Board. John D. Biggers, President of Libbey-Owens Glass Co., and S. Clay Williams, Chairman of Board, Reynold Tobacco Co., 1-26-39

Hopkins meets with members of president business advisory council for ...

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Miss Helen Kellar [Keller] of Massachusetts is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Miss Kellar [Keller] is known to all Americans for her marvelous intellectual and educational accomplishments, in spite of the handicap imposed upon her by her deafness and blindness. Not so well known however is her strong espousal of the suffrage cause and the sincere support which she has given to the work of the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage.

Miss Helen Kellar [Keller] of Massachusetts is one of the prominent me...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulder portrait of Helen Keller, facing right. Published in Official Program Woman Suffrage Procession, Washington, D.C., March 13, 1913, Nationa... More

National Woman's Party Headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., in which the campaign for ratification of the suffrage amendment is being conducted, photographed on the day that Parley P. Christensen, presidential nominee for the new Farmer-Labor Party addressed a mass meeting, urging immediate ratification. Left to right: Rankin Smith, Central Trades and Labor Council; Jim F. Nicholson, Business Manager of the Machinist; W.C. Birthright, Secretary of the Tenn. Federation of Labor; Mrs. Anne Calvert Neely, Mississippi state chairman of the National Woman's Party; W.M. Mitchell; Mrs. Mabel Reber, of New York; Mrs. Walter C. Jackson of Murfreesboro; Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, of Wilmington, Delaware, member of the Executive Committee of the Woman's Party; Parley P. Christensen, Presidential candidate of the Farmer-Labor Party; Miss Sue White, of Nashville, Tennessee state chairman of the Woman's Party; W.M. Fox, president of the Trades and Labor Council; Miss Mary Winsor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, member of the Advisory Council of the Woman's Party; Archie Craig; Charles P. Sweeney.

National Woman's Party Headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., in which the ...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of group of women and men posing under "National Woman's Party" banner.

Committee from Atlantic States Shippers Regional Advisory Board at W.H. [i.e., White House, Washington, D.C.], 1/21/25

Committee from Atlantic States Shippers Regional Advisory Board at W.H...

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National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 4/21/21

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 4/21/21

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Advisory com. of Inter. Assn. of Police Women, 3/5/25

Advisory com. of Inter. Assn. of Police Women, 3/5/25

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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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Advisory Council on social security issues. Washington, D.C., Oct. 21. Important changes in the Government's vast social security program received consideration today by two groups of officials and laymen. The advisory counsel, created at request of a Senate Committee, heard reports from experts who have surveyed the possible extension of old age benefits to agricultural workers, domestic servants and employees of religious and charitable institutions, snapped while attending the meeting were left to right: T.L. Norton, economist professor at the University of Buffalo, N.A.H. Mowbrey, University of Calif. and George E. Biggers, Member of the Social Security Board, 10/21/38

Advisory Council on social security issues. Washington, D.C., Oct. 21....

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Refugee Advisory Committee reports to President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Nov. 16. Members of the Advisory Committee on Refugees leaving the White House today and presenting a report to President Roosevelt. They said their visit was routine and declined to discuss the nature of the report. In the picture, left to right - Hamilton Fish Armstrong, New York City - Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles - George I. Warren, New York City - James G. McDonald of New York City, Chairman of the Committee

Refugee Advisory Committee reports to President Roosevelt. Washington,...

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Army Advisory Board - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Army Advisory Board - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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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.

Miss Edythe [Edith] Wynne Matthison of Connecticut is one of the promi...

Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of actress Edith Wynne Matthison. Autographed "Yours sincerely, Edith Wynne Matthison." Title transcribed from item. Life dates obtained from research sources. Photograph pu... More

The court of honor, South Broad St., Philadelphia, designed by the Advisory Committee of Artists for the Victory Loan Campaign, April 21st to May 10th 1919 / Joseph Pennell cur del sc 3.30.1919 ; Ketterlinus Litho Manufactory Imp.

The court of honor, South Broad St., Philadelphia, designed by the Adv...

Poster showing South Broad Street and City Hall decorated with pennants and flags.

Dr. Floyd Reeves, Chairman. of President's Advisory Committee on Education, March 1939

Dr. Floyd Reeves, Chairman. of President's Advisory Committee on Educa...

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War Manpower Commission Women's Advisory Committee. Miss Margaret A. Hickey, chairman of the Women's Advisory Committee, War Manpower Commission (WMC). As chairman of this committee, Miss Hickey, who is a lawyer and a business executive of Saint Louis, Missouri, heads the first wartime committee of American women which settles important policy. In private life, she is Mrs. Joseph Strubinger, wife of a Saint Louis lawyer

War Manpower Commission Women's Advisory Committee. Miss Margaret A. H...

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Pres. Nixon w/ Sammy Davis, Jr., new member of Nat'l. Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity / MST.

Pres. Nixon w/ Sammy Davis, Jr., new member of Nat'l. Advisory Council...

Photograph shows President Richard Nixon signing a document at his desk in the Oval Office as Sammy Davis, Jr., looks on. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Co... More

James T. Beach to Western Union Advisory Committee, St. Louis, Missouri, Friday, July 22, 1864 (Patronage at St. Joseph, Missouri)

James T. Beach to Western Union Advisory Committee, St. Louis, Missour...

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Among the topics discussed at the Librarian's Advisory Council meeting was the acquisitions policy of the Library of Congress.

"Annual Report of the Staff Advisory Committee," by Grace Hadley Fuller, November 22, 1943

"Annual Report of the Staff Advisory Committee," by Grace Hadley Fulle...

The Staff Advisory Committee, created in May 1942, handles and responds to suggestions and recommendations from staff on how to improve services at the Library of Congress.

"Annual Report of the Staff Advisory Committee," by Grace Hadley Fuller, November 22, 1943

"Annual Report of the Staff Advisory Committee," by Grace Hadley Fulle...

The Staff Advisory Committee, created in May 1942, handles and responds to suggestions and recommendations from staff on how to improve services at the Library of Congress.

Proposed University Tour - WPA Federal Theatre - Nat'l Collegiate Advisory Committee

Proposed University Tour - WPA Federal Theatre - Nat'l Collegiate Advi...

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records - Administrative File. The Production Records - Administrative File (1934-40 and undated) consists of 8 containers (Boxes 960-967) and is comprised of adve... More

Central American envoys attend Pan American Committee conference here today. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Dr. Don Francisco Castillo Najera, Ambassador from Mexico, Miguel Lopez Pumarejo, Ambassador from Columbia, and Dr. Don Diogenes Escalante, Ambassador from Venezuela photographed today at the first meeting of the Inter-American Economic and Financial Advisory Committee at which Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles was unanimously elected permanent chairman

Central American envoys attend Pan American Committee conference here ...

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Advisory Committee of twenty-one forthe American delegation ...

Advisory Committee of twenty-one forthe American delegation ...

Photograph shows American delegation to the Disarmament Conference, Nov. 1922. Among those pictured are General Pershing, Herbert Hoover, Theodore Roosevelt, Senator Sutherland, Samuel Gompers, John L. Lewis, J... More

James T. Beach to Western Union Advisory Committee, St. Louis, Missouri, Friday, July 22, 1864 (Patronage at St. Joseph, Missouri)

James T. Beach to Western Union Advisory Committee, St. Louis, Missour...

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Among the topics discussed at the Librarian's Advisory Council meeting was the acquisitions policy of the Library of Congress.

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Among the topics discussed at the Librarian's Advisory Council meeting was the acquisitions policy of the Library of Congress.

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Among the topics discussed at the Librarian's Advisory Council meeting was the acquisitions policy of the Library of Congress.

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Among the topics discussed at the Librarian's Advisory Council meeting was the acquisitions policy of the Library of Congress.

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Among the topics discussed at the Librarian's Advisory Council meeting was the acquisitions policy of the Library of Congress.

"Annual Report of the Staff Advisory Committee," by Grace Hadley Fuller, November 22, 1943

"Annual Report of the Staff Advisory Committee," by Grace Hadley Fulle...

The Staff Advisory Committee, created in May 1942, handles and responds to suggestions and recommendations from staff on how to improve services at the Library of Congress.

Miss Charlotte Anita Whitney is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Miss Whitney was president of the College Suffrage League of California during the campaign which resulted in the winning of suffrage in that state. Miss Whitney was formerly the first vice-president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. She is now one of the prominent officers of the Civic Association of California. Miss Whitney is a Californian.

Miss Charlotte Anita Whitney is one of the prominent members of the Ad...

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Brains of Aeronautic World represented on National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is photographed in Washington the other day when they met at the Navy Department. The duties of the Committee, as provided by Congress, are to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight, with a view to their practical solution. In the photograph, left to right: G.W. Lewis; Charles G. Abbet, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; Orville Wright, Inventor of the airplane; Commander John H. Towers; U.S.N., here of the first trans-atlantic flight in 1919; Joseph S. Amos, Chairman; Brig. General Benjamin D. Foulois, first U.S. Army Aviator; William P. MacCracken, former Secretary of Commerce for Aviation; Charles F. Marvin, Chief U.S. Weather Bureau; David W. Taylor, Vice Chairman. Standing is John F. Victory, Secretary

Brains of Aeronautic World represented on National Advisory Committee ...

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Sidney Hillman, member of President's Advisory Defense Commission

Sidney Hillman, member of President's Advisory Defense Commission

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Indian troops in East Africa. A sapper learning to use a drill while learning the work of a carpenter. A still from the Film Advisory Board's production "The Handyman"

Indian troops in East Africa. A sapper learning to use a drill while l...

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Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Minutes, Meeting of the Librarian's Advisory Council, May 30, 1942

Among the topics discussed at the Librarian's Advisory Council meeting was the acquisitions policy of the Library of Congress.

The Advisory Council of One Hundred on Indian Affairs [in front of Interior Department Building, Washington, D.C.]

The Advisory Council of One Hundred on Indian Affairs [in front of Int...

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James T. Beach to Western Union Advisory Committee, St. Louis, Missouri, Friday, July 22, 1864 (Patronage at St. Joseph, Missouri)

James T. Beach to Western Union Advisory Committee, St. Louis, Missour...

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