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Pres. L.B. Johnson signs the 1968 Civil Rights Bill / [WKL].

Pres. L.B. Johnson signs the 1968 Civil Rights Bill / [WKL].

Photograph shows President Johnson signing the bill while seated at a table surrounded by members of Congress.

[Bill Clinton at podium] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Bill Clinton at podium] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Digital image produced by Library. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer for similar image: LC-HS503-5470. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of C... More

Hot Grill co-owner Nick Doris (right) stands with friend Bill Betts (another hot Texas Wiener restaurateur) in front of The Hot Grill.

Hot Grill co-owner Nick Doris (right) stands with friend Bill Betts (a...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at The Hot Grill, a hot Texas wiener restaurant located at 669 Lexington Avenue, Clifton, New Jersey. They are holding a tray with three Hot Texas Wieners "all... More

[President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Senator Paul Simon and others on stage celebrating the nomination of Bill Clinton as the Democratic Party candidate for president, at the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago]

[President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Sena...

Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-COLOR-1996-5017 or corresponding negative sleeve. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-COLOR-1996-5017, no. 9. Forms part of: CQ R... More

Some of Bill Jarrell's handmade tools

Some of Bill Jarrell's handmade tools

Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper, and U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye, right to left, at the 1997 dedication of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C.

President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Clinton, Vice President Al ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper, right to left, at the 1997 dedication of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C.

President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Clinton, Vice President Al ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

President Bill Clinton speaks at the 1997 dedication of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C.

President Bill Clinton speaks at the 1997 dedication of the Franklin D...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Scene from Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show at the Cowtown Coliseum in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

Scene from Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show at the Cowtown Coliseum in the...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Decorative architectural detail of the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House in the Arts District of Dallas, Texas

Decorative architectural detail of the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Lone steer in Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show at the Cowtown Coliseum in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

Lone steer in Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show at the Cowtown Coliseum in ...

Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Buffalo Bill's wild west and congress of rough riders of the world

Buffalo Bill's wild west and congress of rough riders of the world

Circus poster showing cowboys rounding up cattle and portrait of Col. W.F. Cody on horseback. Copyright by Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y.

[Portrait of Bill Robinson] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Bill Robinson] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXV B 27. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

This indented bill of five shillings, shall entitle the bearer to receive of the provincial treasurer, the like sum of five shillings, of equal value with the same sum, of the bills of credit now by law current, according to the directions of an act of general assembly of Pensilvania, made in the 11th year of the reign of his majesty George III. Dated the 20th day of March, 1771

This indented bill of five shillings, shall entitle the bearer to rece...

Picryl description: Public domain image of banknote, paper money, numismatic catalog, free to use, no copyright restrictions

[Portrait of Bill Robinson] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Bill Robinson] - Public domain portrait print

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

[Portrait of Bill Robinson] - Public domain portrait print

[Portrait of Bill Robinson] - Public domain portrait print

Full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing bowler and pointing to the floor. Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXV B. Also available on microfilm. Gift... More

Reverend Bill Green, ex-slave, San Antonio

Reverend Bill Green, ex-slave, San Antonio

420078. District no. 27. Picture no. 257. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wr... More

Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Col. W.F. Cody / Alick P.F. Ritchie.

Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Col. W.F. Cody / Alick P.F. Ritchie.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Buffalo Bill, composed of guns, rope, heads of buffalo and horse, snowshoes, etc. Promotional goal: Gt. Brit. K73. 1890. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, ... More

The Bill of fare - Public domain American sheet music, 1883

The Bill of fare - Public domain American sheet music, 1883

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

[Wild Bill Donovan, Detroit Tigers, baseball card portrait]

[Wild Bill Donovan, Detroit Tigers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

William Prichard to James Madison, October 21, 1805. Includes bill of lading - Oct. 17.

William Prichard to James Madison, October 21, 1805. Includes bill of ...

Transcripts, guides, and tools to help you use this collection may be found at loc.gov James Madison Papers.

The big farce comedy, Hello Bill by Frank J. Hallo & Marie Madison : a whole lot of fun - in 3 hours.

The big farce comedy, Hello Bill by Frank J. Hallo & Marie Madison : a...

Public domain scan of performing arts poster, printed advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bill Dahlen, Brooklyn Dodgers, baseball card portrait]

[Bill Dahlen, Brooklyn Dodgers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

President Bill Clinton, his wife Hillary Clinton and Al Gore and his wife Tipper at the dedication of the FDR Memorial, on May 2, 1997, Washington, D.C.

President Bill Clinton, his wife Hillary Clinton and Al Gore and his w...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Bill of fare - Public domain American sheet music, 1885

Bill of fare - Public domain American sheet music, 1885

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Indian chiefs and U.S. officials. 1. Two Strike. 2. Crow Dog. 3. Short Bull. 4. High Hawk. 5. Two Lance. 6. Kicking Bear. 7. Good Voice. 8. Thunder Hawk. 9. Rocky Bear. 10. Young Man Afraid of His Horse. 11. American Horse. 12. W.F. Cody (Buffalo Bill). 13. Maj. J.M. Burk. 14. J.C. Craiger. 15. J. McDonald. 16. J.G. Worth. Taken at Pine Ridge, Jan. 16, '91

Indian chiefs and U.S. officials. 1. Two Strike. 2. Crow Dog. 3. Sh...

Group of Euro-American and Lakota (Brulé, Miniconjou, and Oglala) men standing and sitting in two rows in front of tipis; men in front are holding a NY World pennant which is obscured by captioned names of the ... More

[Mrs. Bill Clinton, bust portrait, facing slightly right]

[Mrs. Bill Clinton, bust portrait, facing slightly right]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Hepburn, no date, Bill for Grist Mill Work

Hepburn, no date, Bill for Grist Mill Work

Bill for Grist Mill Work Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Bill Dahlen, Boston Doves, baseball card portrait]

[Bill Dahlen, Boston Doves, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

District of Columbia Appropriation Bill Extracts of Congressional Comm. Hearings, 1904

District of Columbia Appropriation Bill Extracts of Congressional Comm...

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

October 27, 1785, Buckingham, Against assessment bill.

October 27, 1785, Buckingham, Against assessment bill.

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

There's going to be hell in kaiser-land, Kaiser Bill

There's going to be hell in kaiser-land, Kaiser Bill

by Herschell Grant Dunn. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

From the Independent gazetteer, &c. Mr. Printer. In order that people may be sufficiently impressed, with the necessity of establishing a Bill of rights in the formation of a new constitution, it is very proper to take a short view of some of th

From the Independent gazetteer, &c. Mr. Printer. In order that people ...

Evans 20380.; On verso, Copies 2, 3, 4: {stamp} Gift Herbert Putnam Sept 22, 1938. {stamp} ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION SOL BLOOM, Dircetor General, Washington D.C. A... More

Flashlight photos of 5 boys who work in Augusta (Ga.) cotton mill. Supt. refused to let me go through the mill so I went there at 6 P.M. and under cover of darkness got these boys as they came out. Then we went out back of the bill boards and took the photo. 3 of the smallest of there 5 boys been there 3 years. 1 other for 4 yrs. Many children in this mill. I saw about 25 boys & girls from 9 to 14 years come out at the closing hour. Location: Augusta, Georgia. / L.W. Hine.

Flashlight photos of 5 boys who work in Augusta (Ga.) cotton mill. Sup...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Bill Dahlen, Brooklyn Dodgers, baseball card portrait]

[Bill Dahlen, Brooklyn Dodgers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Bill O'Hara, New York Giants, baseball card portrait]

[Bill O'Hara, New York Giants, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Portrait of Bill (Buddy) De Arango, Terry Gibbs, and Harry Biss, Three Deuces, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947]

[Portrait of Bill (Buddy) De Arango, Terry Gibbs, and Harry Biss, Thre...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More

[Bill Gleason, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]

[Bill Gleason, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. "Will Gleason"- - caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Bill May, a bright, freckled five year old, who works in Barataria Canning Co., said he made fifteen cents the day before and his mother said, "He can make fifteen cents any day he wants to work, but he won't do it steady." Location: Biloxi, Mississippi.

Bill May, a bright, freckled five year old, who works in Barataria Can...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo Bill's wild west and congress of rough riders of the world

Buffalo Bill's wild west and congress of rough riders of the world

Circus poster showing Cossacks in battle on horseback, and head-and-shoulders portraits of Buffalo Bill and Nate Salsbury. Copyright by Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y.

Caucus on the Surplus Bill - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

Caucus on the Surplus Bill - Public domain book illustration, Library ...

A derisive view of Andrew Jackson's reluctant, politically-minded endorsement of the Distribution Act, or "Surplus Bill," a measure authorizing distribution of surplus federal funds among the states. Facing the... More

Message from the President of the United States, returning, with his objections, the bill to incorporate the fiscal bank of the United States. August 16, 1841. to the Senate of the United States ... John Tyler. Washington, August 16, 1841.

Message from the President of the United States, returning, with his o...

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 232, Folder 17.

[Portrait of Bill Harris and Charlie Ventura, William P. Gottlieb's home (table tennis room), N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947]

[Portrait of Bill Harris and Charlie Ventura, William P. Gottlieb's ho...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More

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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of banknote, paper money, numismatic catalog, free to use, no copyright restrictions

The dollar bill issued by the Merchant's Bank of Trenton, November 20th, 1861, is recorded in D. C. Wismer's "Obsolete Paper Money With Portrait of Lincoln.

The dollar bill issued by the Merchant's Bank of Trenton, November 20t...

Accompanying typed manuscript claims it is the earliest dated bill to be ornamented with the Lincoln lineaments. Handwritten note to bottom of manuscript indicates there is a bill earlier than that dates August 10, 1861.

Washington, D.C. - President Grant signing the Ku-Klux Force Bill in the President's room with Secretary Robeson and Gen. Porter, at the Capitol, April 20

Washington, D.C. - President Grant signing the Ku-Klux Force Bill in t...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1871 May 13), p. 145. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI(2); Pres.; Ku Klux Klan; Congress, U.S. Bills. G-, U- S.... More

"Bill passed providing for two new military posts" by the generous Democratic house / Th. Nast.

"Bill passed providing for two new military posts" by the generous Dem...

Cartoon showing Indians with skulls of U.S. Army soldiers. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1876 Aug. 5, p. 632.

[Bill Shindle, Baltimore Orioles, baseball card portrait]

[Bill Shindle, Baltimore Orioles, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. "Shindel"- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Bill Gleason, Philadelphia Athletics, baseball card portrait]

[Bill Gleason, Philadelphia Athletics, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Bill George, New York Giants, baseball card portrait]

[Bill George, New York Giants, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Bill Memorial Library, Groton, Connecticut]

[Bill Memorial Library, Groton, Connecticut]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dr. Townsend and Representatives. Washington, D.C. Jan. 16. Photo shows Dr. Townsend explaining the new 'General Welfare Bill' which is that name the doctor is trying to have made a law thru the efforts of some of his Congressmen. Left to right: Dr. Francis E. Townsend, Rep. Nan Honeyman of Oregon, and Rep. Ralph O. Brews of Maine

Dr. Townsend and Representatives. Washington, D.C. Jan. 16. Photo show...

A black and white photo of three men and a woman. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Whirling Hawk, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]

[Whirling Hawk, a Sioux Indian from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show]

Whirling Hawk, half-length portrait, seated, turned left, wearing a headdress.

Buffalo Bill's wild west parade /

Buffalo Bill's wild west parade /

The film shows a parade down Fifth Avenue, New York. In the foreground many children, both black and white, can be seen following alongside the parade. The participants in the parade include cowboys, Indians, a... More

The courtship of Bill Taft / Keppler.

The courtship of Bill Taft / Keppler.

Illustration shows a shy Theodore Roosevelt, as John Alden, talking to Priscilla Mullins labeled "Republican Party" sitting before a fireplace, with spinning wheel nearby, while William H. Taft, as Myles Standi... More

The overseers and superintendent in the Bill [i.e., Bibb] Mill No. 1, Macon, Ga. Location: Macon, Georgia.

The overseers and superintendent in the Bill [i.e., Bibb] Mill No. 1, ...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bill Fleischman - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Bill Fleischman - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bill Haeffner, Philadelphia AL (baseball)]

[Bill Haeffner, Philadelphia AL (baseball)]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a sports competition, baseball player, baseball field, athlete, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Bill Carrigan, manager, Boston AL (baseball)]

[Bill Carrigan, manager, Boston AL (baseball)]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a sports competition, baseball player, baseball field, athlete, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Bill Rariden, Cincinnati NL (baseball)]

[Bill Rariden, Cincinnati NL (baseball)]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a sports competition, baseball player, baseball field, athlete, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Proposed House bill would ruin small oil companies, Kentucky oil executive tells House Committee. Washington, D.C., June 23. Testifying against a proposed House bill that would divorce production, refining and marketing processes in the oil industry, Paul G. Blazer, President of the Ashland Oil and Refining Co. of Kentucky, told the House Judiciary Committee that passage of such a bill would ruin a company like his. He said his company was a small concern but was completely integrated

Proposed House bill would ruin small oil companies, Kentucky oil execu...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coolidge and a delegation of farmers from the wheat growing states who appealed to the pres. for the passage of Norbeck-Burtress bill to provide small loans to wheat farmers for purchase of farm essentials [White House, Washington, D.C.]

Coolidge and a delegation of farmers from the wheat growing states who...

A group of men standing in front of a white house. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval leaders ask Congress for more armament. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Photographed today at the initial meeting of the House Naval Affairs Committee are, left to right: Lewis Compton, Assistant to Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, Secretary Edison, with Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations standing in rear. Following a brief statement by Secretary Edison, Admiral Stark urged the Committee to approve a bill by Chairman of the Committee Carl Vinson to give the Navy 25 percent more tonnage, 6,000 more planes at a cost of $1,300,000,000. Without such increase, he said, the U.S. will be 'relatively weak in naval power at the end of the year'

Naval leaders ask Congress for more armament. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8...

A black and white photo of three men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The evil eye is trained upon the Senate. Washington, D.C., May 25. Ben 'Evil Eye' Finkle, ringside character, who, this said by those in the know, possesses a rather extraordinary power of putting 'the jinx' on fighters. Tales are told of terrified fight managers paying certain sums of money to have him take off his evil powers in order that the fight may be evenly matched. Now comes a bill before the Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee which will lift the present ban upon interstate shipment of fight films, and the evil eye is being trained upon Senators Charles W. Tobey, N.H., and Edwin Johnson, Col., two committee members

The evil eye is trained upon the Senate. Washington, D.C., May 25. Ben...

A black and white photo of two men thinking or listening. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Delegation who witnessed signing of Lincoln Memorial Bridge bill, 2/13/25

Delegation who witnessed signing of Lincoln Memorial Bridge bill, 2/13...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Senate Committee told medical profession ignored in development of public health programs. Washington, D.C., May 26. Dr. Morris Fishbein, Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association and opponent of federal grants in aid to the states for public health programs embodied in the Wagner Bill, today complained that the advice and help of the medical profession had been completely ignored in development of the scheme. He was testifying before a Senate and Labor Subcommittee

Senate Committee told medical profession ignored in development of pub...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Secretary Jardine lays cornerstone of New Department of Agriculture building. The names of every employee together with reports on activities and finances of the Department of Agriculture, were deposited this morning in the cornerstone of the department's new $2,000,000 administration building. Secretary Jardine is shown laying the cornerstone assisted by Senator Charles L. McNary and Rep. Gilbert N. Haugen, authors of McNary-Haugen bill

Secretary Jardine lays cornerstone of New Department of Agriculture bu...

A group of people standing around a stone statue. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Study Johnson semi-automatic rifle. Washington, D.C., May 29. Senator Morris Sheppard, left, Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, Maj. General George A. Lynch, U.S. Chief of Infantry, and Senator A.B. Chandler of Kentucky, inspect the Johnson semi-automatic rifle which may replace the Garand gas-operated rifle as the Army's standard shoulder weapon. Capt. Melvin M. Johnson, inventor of the Johnson rifle, told the Senate Military Affairs today when it began consideration of a bill to change the Army's standard shoulder weapon, that his rifle could be manufactured more rapidly than the Garand

Study Johnson semi-automatic rifle. Washington, D.C., May 29. Senator ...

A group of men sitting around a table with guns. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vets protest bonus bill delay. Protesting Congress' delay in considering the soldiers' cash bonus proposal, scores of Washington veterans paraded to the Capitol in a demonstration to seek immediate action. They were met on the Capitol steps by members of the House who are war veterans, where the photograph shows them being addressed by Rep. [...] Patman of Texas. 1/31

Vets protest bonus bill delay. Protesting Congress' delay in consideri...

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cigars? Yes Sir [...] that's what Norris Shook, nephew of Rep. Nat Patton (D. of Tex), told the House Lobby com. Friday, was in the "mystery box" received by Patton from John Carpenter, Uuility lobbyist before the House "Death Sentence" vote on the Wheeler-Rayburn bill

Cigars? Yes Sir [...] that's what Norris Shook, nephew of Rep. Nat Pat...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Former congressman at military hearing. Ross Collins, former representative from Mississippi, testifies at the House Military Affairs Committee considering the Wilcox Bill to establish air bases. 2/13/35

Former congressman at military hearing. Ross Collins, former represent...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Son of Mine Workers' Chief learning business. John L. Lewis, Jr., (second from left) son of the president of the United Mine Workers, listens in as his father marshalls followers in defense of the Guffey Coal Bill, now before a subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee. From the left: John L. Lewis, Se., Lewis, Jr.; Henry Warrum, counsel for United Mine Workers, and Philip Murray, vice president of UMW and member of the NRA board. 6/18/35

Son of Mine Workers' Chief learning business. John L. Lewis, Jr., (sec...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WAR VICTIMS RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT STAND ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN AS A STREAM OF WOUNDED VETERANS, SOME IN WHEEL CHAIRS, SOME ON CRUTCHES, PASS THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FOR A WORD OF GREETING. FROM THE LEFT: MRS. ROOSEVELT, THE PRESIDENT, AND CAPT. WILSON BROWN, WHITE HOUSE NAVAL AIDE. THE VETERAN IS ONE OF THE MANY WHO PASSED. DURING THIS PARTY GIVEN WOUNDED SOLDIERS, THE PATMAN BONUS BILL ARRIVED AT THE WHITE HOUSE. EARLIER IN THE DAY, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SENT OUT WORD THAT HE WOULD VETO IT

WAR VICTIMS RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT STAND ...

A man in a wheelchair shaking hands with a woman in a dress. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Urge alien importation. Rep. Martin Dies, left, Texas Democrat and author of H.R. 7120 to deport some six million aliens now said to be in the U.S. confers with Rep. Joe Starnes, Alabama Democrat, regarding the bill. Starnes reported the bill for Dies. 62435

Urge alien importation. Rep. Martin Dies, left, Texas Democrat and aut...

Two men sitting at a table with papers, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information a... More

Sudan. Khartoum. Khartoum Zoo. A wise old shoe bill (Balaeniceps rex)

Sudan. Khartoum. Khartoum Zoo. A wise old shoe bill (Balaeniceps rex)

Public domain photograph of Sudan, Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Paul Whiteman favors Dickstein Bill. Washington, D.C., March 15. Paul Whiteman told the House Immigration Committee this afternoon that he favored the Dickstein Bill to permit foreign artists and musicians on a reciprocal basis to enter this country except in cases where there are no stars available. In the picture from left to right are: Paul Whiteman, Representative Caroline O'Day, Representative Samuel Dickstein and Representative James H. Gildea

Paul Whiteman favors Dickstein Bill. Washington, D.C., March 15. Paul ...

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Senate listeners. Washington, D.C., June 3. The Senate Chamber was practically empty today as most of the members "listened in" on the Joint Hearing of the Senate and House Labor Committees. Prominent business men testified on the Black-Connery Bill proposed to curtail sweatshop working conditions as concerns wages, hours, and child labor. Left to right: Senator Robert F. Lafollette; Senator Sherman Minton; and Senator James Murray, 6/3/37

Senate listeners. Washington, D.C., June 3. The Senate Chamber was pra...

A group of men sitting at a table with papers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

My friends. Washington, D.C., April 7. A striking resemblance to President Roosevelt when the President was Assistant Secretary of War was noticed today when Ignatius M. Wilkinson, Dean of Law Faculty at Fordham, appeared on the stand at the Senate Judiciary hearing at the Capitol today. He presented a resolution signed by all of the lawyers on the faculty at the Law School at Fordham University against the President's Supreme Court bill, 4/7/1937

My friends. Washington, D.C., April 7. A striking resemblance to Presi...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit clapping. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

N.Y. Mayor urges speedy action on housing bill. Washington, D.C., Aug 3. Resorting to the old political harangue, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York City and President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, today appealed to the House Banking and Currency Committee to speed action on the Wagner-Steagall Housing Bill before adjournment. Throughout the country thousands are living in "firetraps" and "dangerous surroundings", Mayor La Guardia told the Committee, 8/3/37

N.Y. Mayor urges speedy action on housing bill. Washington, D.C., Aug ...

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"What we do now." Washington, D.C., May 18. Senator Matthew M. Neely (left) of West Virginia and Senator William H. Dietrich (right) of Ill. are shown as they whisper together after the Senate Judiciary Committee's vote to report the president's bill to the floor unfavorably. These two men have been the leaders for the president's bill, 5/18/1937

"What we do now." Washington, D.C., May 18. Senator Matthew M. Neely (...

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Interested listeners. Washington, D.C., Feb. 24. Senator John G. Townsend (left), of Delaware, and Senator Robert Bulkley, of Ohio, listen intently today to Witnesses before the Senate Banking and Currency Subcommittee on the Bulkley Bill providing for a $6,000,000,000 system of superhighways in the U.S., financed by tolls, 2/24/38

Interested listeners. Washington, D.C., Feb. 24. Senator John G. Towns...

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Before Senate Finance Committee. Washington, D.C., March 21. Roy S. Osgood, President of the First National Bank of Chicago, warned the Senate Committee today that any further decline in business activity will result in a reduction of federal revenue and an increase of expenditure for relief. Representing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Osgood urged revision of the House approved tax bill, 3/21/38

Before Senate Finance Committee. Washington, D.C., March 21. Roy S. Os...

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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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[Fiddling Bill Hensley and his wife at the Mountain Music Festival, Asheville, North Carolina]

[Fiddling Bill Hensley and his wife at the Mountain Music Festival, As...

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House and Senate members meet to get government retirement bill to vote before adjournment. Washington, D.C., July 20. A measure affecting the retirement of thousands of government employes here and a field was taken up in a conference of members of the House and Senate this morning in order that disagreements of opinion might be ironed out and the bill brought to vote before the impending adjournment of Congress. Difference in views center around age of optional retirement and the amount of contribution to the retirement fund. Left to right: Sen. Lynn Frazier, Sen. William Bulow, Edith N. Rogers, 7/20/39

House and Senate members meet to get government retirement bill to vot...

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[Man in bill cap and dungaree coat, possibly a farmer]

[Man in bill cap and dungaree coat, possibly a farmer]

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Discuss farm bill. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. Chairman Ellison D. 'Cotton Ed' Smith of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace were in happy moods today as they discussed the Administration Farm to be introduced at this session of Congress, 1/5/39

Discuss farm bill. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. Chairman Ellison D. 'Cott...

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Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau lauds administration's new lending bill before senate committee. Washington, D.C., July 18. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, seated, listens attentively while Edward H. Foley, treasury General Counsel, answers a question by the Senate Banking and Currency concerning the Administration's new lending bill. Morgenthau told the committee the bill was a "realistic approach to our economic problem." He urged prompt approval of it, 7/18/39

Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau lauds administration's new lending bi...

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In the farm home of Bill Staggs. Pie Town, New Mexico

In the farm home of Bill Staggs. Pie Town, New Mexico

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Five minutes after they helped push in the old jalopy into the wrecking company's lot, Scouts Norman Vitting (right) and Bill Rave watch attentively while Chas. Revell of the wrecking crew starts the wrecking job

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Five minutes after they helped pus...

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[American Women's Voluntary Services members posed on steps, wearing various AWVS uniforms] / World Telegram photo by Bill Schiff.

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NYWT&S staff photo by Bill Schiff. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection.

[Portrait of Wild Bill Davison, Club Nocturne(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946]

[Portrait of Wild Bill Davison, Club Nocturne(?), New York, N.Y., ca. ...

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[Portrait of Claude Thornhill, Sandy Siegelstien, Willie Wechsler, Micky Folus, Joe Shulman, Billy Exiner, Mario Rullo, Danny Polo, Lee Konitz, Bill Bushing, Emil Terry, Lou Mucci, Eddie Zandy, Barry Galbraith, Bill Barber, Al Langstaff, and Vahe (Tak) Tak]

[Portrait of Claude Thornhill, Sandy Siegelstien, Willie Wechsler, Mic...

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Bill Wilkinson, Imperial Wizard, Ku Klux Klan

Bill Wilkinson, Imperial Wizard, Ku Klux Klan

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William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody gravesite on Lookout Mountain outside Denver, Colorado

William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody gravesite on Lookout Mountain outside Denv...

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Hot Grill co-owner Nick Doris (right) stands with friend Bill Betts (another hot Texas Wiener restaurateur) in front of The Hot Grill.

Hot Grill co-owner Nick Doris (right) stands with friend Bill Betts (a...

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Hot Grill co-owner Nick Doris (right) stands with friend Bill Betts (another hot Texas Wiener restaurateur) in front of The Hot Grill.

Hot Grill co-owner Nick Doris (right) stands with friend Bill Betts (a...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at The Hot Grill, a hot Texas wiener restaurant located at 669 Lexington Avenue, Clifton, New Jersey. They are holding a tray with three Hot Texas Wieners "all... More

Hot Grill co-owner Nick Doris (right) stands with friend Bill Betts (another hot Texas Wiener restaurateur) in front of The Hot Grill.

Hot Grill co-owner Nick Doris (right) stands with friend Bill Betts (a...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at The Hot Grill, a hot Texas wiener restaurant located at 669 Lexington Avenue, Clifton, New Jersey. They are holding a tray with three Hot Texas Wieners "all... More

Bill Jarrell with one of his handmade tools

Bill Jarrell with one of his handmade tools

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[Rosa Parks at her Congressional Gold Medal ceremony with (left to right) Representative Julia Carson, holding a picture of the medal; assistant Elaine Steele, Representative Dennis Hastert, artist Artis Lane, who designed the medal; and President Bill Clinton]

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