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The signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and of Alliance between France and the United States

The signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and of Alliance betwee...

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American commerce in Flames! Americans! See the execution of Bonaparte's orders to burn, sink, and destroy your ships! [Cuts] American! Look on this picture! Read the transactions on which it is founded; and then vote for Sullivan, or any other

American commerce in Flames! Americans! See the execution of Bonaparte...

Positive Photostat.; Political campaign.; Anti-Sullivan poster. 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 Printe... More

Columbia rules the sea - sheet music cover

Columbia rules the sea - sheet music cover

An emblem of an eagle supported by two American flags, illustrates the sheet music cover for a song by Josiah D. Canning. The eagle's wings are spread and its mouth holds a streamer with the composer's sobrique... More

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Khodzhend. Miasnik (sallakh)

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. G. Khodzhend. Miasnik (sallakh)

Photograph shows a man carrying a sheep carcass on his back and holding wool from the sheep in his hands.

Samarkandskii bazar i ego tipy. Tsyrul'nik [sic] (serterash)

Samarkandskii bazar i ego tipy. Tsyrul'nik [sic] (serterash)

"Serterash translated from Persian as "barber." Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 145.

Melochnaia torgovlia. Prodazha zernovago khlieba (giandum furush)

Melochnaia torgovlia. Prodazha zernovago khlieba (giandum furush)

Illus. in: Turkestanskīĭ alʹbom, chastʹ ėtnograficheskai︠a︡..., 1871-1872, part 2, vol. 2, pl. 125. "Giandum furush" translated from Persian as "grain vendor."

Vidy i tipy Manʹchzhurīi Kitaĭskai︠a︡ ulichnai︠a︡ panorama.

Vidy i tipy Manʹchzhurīi Kitaĭskai︠a︡ ulichnai︠a︡ panorama.

Print of shows street vendors with stereograph viewing box in Manchuria, China. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire Postcards (Library of Congress). Purchase; Marshall Winokur; 2011... More

The opening of the gate / Dalrymple.

The opening of the gate / Dalrymple.

Print shows Uncle Sam opening the "Protection Gate" at the "U.S. Custom House" where a sign states "Reduction of Tolls from 50 to 38 Percent. Wool, Lumber, Twine, and Fresh Fish, Free!!. The Roman god Mercury i... More

Misery loves company / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Misery loves company / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows three men holding spoons labeled "Russia, England, [and] Japan", attempting to force a large pill labeled "Ultimatum" from an "International Pill Box" into a despairing Chinese man sitting on a thro... More

Tennessee Centennial, Nashville, Tenn., 1897: Commerce Building

Tennessee Centennial, Nashville, Tenn., 1897: Commerce Building

Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley (Keystone View Co.). No. 6090. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Tenn. Nashville; Tenn. Hist 1897; Illinois Hist 1897; Centen... More

Putting his foot down / J.S. Pughe.

Putting his foot down / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows Uncle Sam holding a "Trade Treaty with China", standing on a "Map of China" in the midst of foreign rulers labeled "Germany, Italy, England, Austria, Russia [and] France"; depicted are William II, U... More

Oglesby-DeWitt Building, Tenth & Commerce Streets, Lynchburg, Lynchburg, Virginia

Oglesby-DeWitt Building, Tenth & Commerce Streets, Lynchburg, Lynchbur...

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McKinley's Ohio home yields wood for gavel. Garner made gift by Commerce Group. Washington, D.C., May 4. Canton, Ohio's Chamber of Commerce today called upon the Vice President to make him a present of a gavel turned from wood taken from the home of the late President McKinley in Canton. Mr. Garner said that he would open the Senate with it today and then place it in the Garner Room at the University of Texas. Left to right: John A. Pearl, L.S. Hamaker, President of the Canton Chamber of Commerce, the Vice President, Rep. James Seccombe of Ohio, and A.B. Arbaugh. All but Mr. Garner are from Canton

McKinley's Ohio home yields wood for gavel. Garner made gift by Commer...

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Concentrated wealth on increase. Washington D.C. Concentration of wealth in the control of a few corporations has increased since 1931. Dr. Charles A. Beard, (right) told the Senate Judiciary subcommittee today. Dr. Beard, noted political scientist and economist, was testifying in defense of the O'Mahoney Corporation Licensing Bill, which, if passed, will require corporations dealing in interstate commerce to comply with specified standards to aqcuire a federal license. Senator Joseph O'Mahoney, author of the bill and Chairman of the Committee, is on the left

Concentrated wealth on increase. Washington D.C. Concentration of weal...

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21st annual convention of U.S. Chamber of Commerce in session. Washington, D.C., June 19. 2,000 delegates assembled in the Mayflower Hotel today for the formal opening of the 21st annual convention of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. Caustically condemning the dictatorship of Hitler and Mussolini, Perry Pipkin, Tennessee, president of the gathering, today declared that isolation is a dead issue and that the United States must be inseparably bound to England and France if the 'Atlantic Civilization' is to survive. Pipkin recommended to the delegates that immediate steps be taken to work out a referendum system to reflect an organization opinion of such issues as a national defense. Left to right in the picture - Minor Hudson, President, Washington Junior Board of Trade; Perry Pipkin, President of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce, and A.Z. Foster Wood, General Chairman

21st annual convention of U.S. Chamber of Commerce in session. Washing...

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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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The Kingston market, Jamaica - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

The Kingston market, Jamaica - stereoscopic view, public domain photor...

D4988 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1900 by B.L. Singley. On mount: Keystone View Company. No. 9994.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, water way, maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

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Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Oct. 7, 1908

Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Oct. 7, 1908

H116774 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, New York, Washington. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; October 1908.

Bearers of evil tidings / Kep with apologies.

Bearers of evil tidings / Kep with apologies.

Illustration shows a man labeled "Protected Monopoly" lying on a bench in an Egyptian temple, with a large bloody sword labeled "Closed Mills" with which three man have been slain, one labeled "Labor", each lyi... More

Probable new President of U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Washington, D.C., May 2. W. Gibson Jr., left, President of the Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co. of New York, is the leading candidate to succeed George H. Davis, right, as President of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. If elected, Carey would be the first World War veteran in history to head the Chamber. He has been a Vice President of the organization since May, 1938

Probable new President of U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Washington, D.C., ...

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ALEXANDER, JOSHUA WILLS. REP. FROM MISSOURI, 1907-1919; SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, 1919-1921

ALEXANDER, JOSHUA WILLS. REP. FROM MISSOURI, 1907-1919; SECRETARY OF C...

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PRATT, DR. EDWARD EWING, CHIEF, BUREAU FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE

PRATT, DR. EDWARD EWING, CHIEF, BUREAU FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE

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FARQUAR, ARTHUR B. VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.

FARQUAR, ARTHUR B. VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF...

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DEFREES, JOSEPH HOLTON OF CHICAGO, VICE PRESIDENT OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF U.S.

DEFREES, JOSEPH HOLTON OF CHICAGO, VICE PRESIDENT OF CHAMBER OF COMMER...

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

Department of Commerce. Pediments of Department of Commerce Building before installing II

Department of Commerce. Pediments of Department of Commerce Building b...

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Street car with prevent fires sign in Portland, Oregon

U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Street car with prevent fires sign in Portla...

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Richard F. O'Toole of Quincy, Massachusetts., selected by Secy. Hoover as chief of the Latin Amer. Division of the Dept. of Commerce to succeed Ralph Ackerman

Richard F. O'Toole of Quincy, Massachusetts., selected by Secy. Hoover...

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Main Street, Tirana - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Main Street, Tirana - Frank G. Carpenter collection

People selling tinware, such as funnels, pots, etc., on street, Tirana, Albania. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection.

President Coolidge and members of his cabinet posed on the White House Lawn: Secty. of Labor Davis, Secty. of Agriculture Wallace, Secty. of Commerce Hoover, Post Master General, Secty. of War Weeks, Secty. of State Hughes, the President, Secty. of Treasury Mellon, Atty. General Stone and Sect. of Navy Wilbur

President Coolidge and members of his cabinet posed on the White House...

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Committee on transfer of Bureau of Mines to Dept. of Commerce, [8/5/25]

Committee on transfer of Bureau of Mines to Dept. of Commerce, [8/5/25...

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Thomas F. Woodlock, Inter. Commerce Com., 4/1/25

Thomas F. Woodlock, Inter. Commerce Com., 4/1/25

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Ben D. Hill, tobacco specialist, Dept. of Commerce, 8/4/25

Ben D. Hill, tobacco specialist, Dept. of Commerce, 8/4/25

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Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Although there may not be sufficient snow for his reindeer sleigh, Santa Claus will still be able to deliver his load of presents on time this Christmas by using the air route. The old saint called at the Commerce Department in Washington today where he is shown receiving an aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretary of Commerce. for Aeronautics William P. MacCracken, while Clarence M. Young (right) Director of Aeronautics, Department of Commerce, looks on. Airway maps and the assurance that the lights would be burning on the airways Christmas Eve were also given to Santa

Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretar...

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Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Although there may not be sufficient snow for his reindeer sleigh, Santa Claus will still be able to deliver his load of presents on time this Christmas by using the air route. The old saint called at the Commerce Department in Washington today where he is shown receiving an aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretary of Commerce. for Aeronautics William P. MacCracken, while Clarence M. Young (right) Director of Aeronautics, Department of Commerce, looks on. Airway maps and the assurance that the lights would be burning on the airways Christmas Eve were also given to Santa

Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretar...

A group of men standing around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; H... More

Monuments & memorials. Guggenheim fountain in front of Department of Commerce Building I

Monuments & memorials. Guggenheim fountain in front of Department of C...

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Giv. S Transatlantic [...], Secretary of Commerce Clarence M. Young congratulated Poland by transatlantic telephone on the inauguration of Polish merchant marine service with the United States. In the photograph, right to left, are: Young; T. Nosowiez, director of the Polish department of marine; Clayton Lane, commercial attache of the American embassy in Warsaw [...] Commercial Counselor of the Polish embassy in Washington

Giv. S Transatlantic [...], Secretary of Commerce Clarence M. Young co...

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

Washington Monument. View of Washington Monument through arch of Interstate Commerce Building

Washington Monument. View of Washington Monument through arch of Inter...

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U.S. Customs Service, Departmental Auditorium, and the Interstate Commerce Commission Building. U.S. Customs Service, Departmental Auditorium, and the Interstate Commerce Commission Building from corner of 12th and Constitution Ave.

U.S. Customs Service, Departmental Auditorium, and the Interstate Comm...

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Jacobs-Miner House, 113 South Royal Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Jacobs-Miner House, 113 South Royal Street, Alexandria, Independent Ci...

Significance: Although this building is of modest architectural and historical interest, it, with the adjoining buildings, formed the line-up of commercial buildings along Royal Street, radiating from the main ... More

At C of C meeting. David R. Edwards, Boston, vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, left, and Lee J. Dougherty, Davenport, Iowa, photographed at the buffet luncheon which served as an intermission at the Chamber Council of War on New Deal legislation. 9/20/35

At C of C meeting. David R. Edwards, Boston, vice president of the U.S...

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Defendants. Joseph Weaver, left, head of the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection, and Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper, photographed at the Senate Commerce committee where Ewing Y. Mitchell, ousted assistant Secretary of Commerce, charged that steamboat inspectors accepted "gratuities" from ship operators. He alleged "graft," 6/21/35

Defendants. Joseph Weaver, left, head of the Bureau of Navigation and ...

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Washington sees new type autogiro, Washington, D.C. Oct. 2. An experimental auto giro, capable of being driven on highways as well as being flown in the air, was delivered to the Bureau of Air Commerce today at the Department Commerce today at the Department Commerce building . The ship, piloted by the veteran autogiro pilot James G. Ray, was driven down Pennsylvania Avenue after landing in a park near the United States Treasury. The Bureau of Air Commerce will make acceptance test flights with the autogiro

Washington sees new type autogiro, Washington, D.C. Oct. 2. An experim...

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Ceiling zero 3 act play by Frank Wead : sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce for the East St. Louis community art center fund / / D.S.

Ceiling zero 3 act play by Frank Wead : sponsored by the Junior Chambe...

Poster for presentation of "Ceiling Zero" at the high school auditorium, showing two planes flying in close formation. Date stamped on verso: Jun 22 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library... More

Discuss lighter than air transportation. Washington, D.C., May 25. Dr. Hugo Eckner, Germany's dirigible expert and former commander of the ill-fated Hindenburg, exchanging views on commercial aviation with Fred W. Fagg, Jr., youthful Director of the Bureau of Air Commerce, Department of Commerce. Dr. Eckner, who was a luncheon guest of Secretary Roper today, is in this country endeavoring to get the United States to make available a suppy of helium gas to Germany for commercial purposes, 5/25/37

Discuss lighter than air transportation. Washington, D.C., May 25. Dr....

Two men standing next to each other in a room. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

California's veteran republican senator. Washington, D.C., Jan. 19. Senator Hiram W. Johnson, veteran republican legislator from California, pictured in a series of poses while he listened to testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee now investigating the country's maritime industry. Senator Johnson is a member of the committee, 1/19/38

California's veteran republican senator. Washington, D.C., Jan. 19. Se...

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Dept. of Commerce - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Dept. of Commerce - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Chamber of Commerce. Exterior of Chamber of Commerce from H St. NW I

Chamber of Commerce. Exterior of Chamber of Commerce from H St. NW I

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Hopkins and Stars see club opening. Washington, D.C., Feb. 8. Washington's newest supper club opened last night with celebrities and stars in attendance. Here, Hopkins, Secretary of Commerce, movie star Errol Flynn and Mrs. John Hay Whitney, wealthy socialite, found their way to fun. Note the 'pop' bottle on the table, 2-8- 39

Hopkins and Stars see club opening. Washington, D.C., Feb. 8. Washingt...

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Endorse measure to prohibit block booking of movie films. Washington, D.C., April 4. Miss Katherine Van Etten Lexford, Executive Secretary of the Massachusettsachusetts Civic League, and Henry R. Atkinson of the National Motion Picture Research Council, appearing before the Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee today, endorsed the Neely Bill to prohibit 'block booking' and 'blind selling' of motion picture productions. Both are from Boston, Massachusetts. 4-4-39

Endorse measure to prohibit block booking of movie films. Washington, ...

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In the auditorium of the Mount Zion School, the Chamber of Commerce of a nearby town is being served dinner by home economics class. Coffee County, Alabama

In the auditorium of the Mount Zion School, the Chamber of Commerce of...

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Chamber of Commerce elects new president. Washington, D.C., May 2. The Chamber of Commerce, concluding the last day of its three-day meet in Washington, wound up with election of new officers. As was expected, James S. Kemper, president of the Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Company, was made president of the board of directors. Here he is in his most business-like pose following the election as he prepared to take over his new duties, 5-2-40

Chamber of Commerce elects new president. Washington, D.C., May 2. The...

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War Production Drive Committee. First meeting of the War Production Drive Policy Committee on October 19, 1942, in Washington, D.C. Left to right: John Green, president, Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations); Otto A. Seyferth, President, West Michigan Steel Foundry Company, Muskegon, Michigan (nominated by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce); W.G. Marshall, chairman of Policy Committee and director of War Production Drive Headquarters, vice-president in charge of Industrial Relations, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Joseph Mcdonagh, secretary, Metal Trades Department, AFL (American Federation of Labor), representing Frank Fenton, director of Organizations, AFL; and Harry C. Beaver, president, Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, New York City (nominated by National Association of Manufacturers)

War Production Drive Committee. First meeting of the War Production Dr...

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Victor & Etella Faith House, 122-124 Chestnut Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA

Victor & Etella Faith House, 122-124 Chestnut Street, Johnstown, Cambr...

Survey number: HABS PA-5748 Building/structure dates: ca. 1895 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1965 Subsequent Work

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Overhead Bomb Transport Rack, 1580 feet South of December Seventh Avenue; 860 feet West of D Street, Commerce City, Adams County, CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Overhead Bomb Transport Rack, 1580 feet South ...

Survey number: HAER CO-21-AI Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Club Building, 1320 feet South of Ninth Avenue; 330 feet West of D Street, Commerce City, Adams County, CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Club Building, 1320 feet South of Ninth Avenue...

Survey number: HAER CO-21-DV Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Submerged Quench Incinerator, 3940 feet South of Ninth Avenue; 930 feet West of Road NS-4, Commerce City, Adams County, CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Submerged Quench Incinerator, 3940 feet South ...

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Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Storage Warehouse for Incendiary Clusters, 1659 feet South of December Seventh Avenue; 2060 feet West of D Street, Commerce City, Adams County, CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Storage Warehouse for Incendiary Clusters, 165...

Survey number: HAER CO-21-AY Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, General Purpose Warehouse, 1980 feet South of Ninth Avenue; 3230 feet East of D Street, Commerce City, Adams County, CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, General Purpose Warehouse, 1980 feet South of ...

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Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Thionyl Chloride Railroad Car Warming Shed, 1100 feet South of December Seventh Avenue; 120 feet East of D Street, Commerce City, Adams County, CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Thionyl Chloride Railroad Car Warming Shed, 11...

Survey number: HAER CO-21-BI Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Historic buildings on Commerce Street, Montgomery, Alabama

Historic buildings on Commerce Street, Montgomery, Alabama

Commerce Street, once the heart of Montgomery's business district leads from the Alabama River to center of the city. In the early days commercial buildings and residences lined the street. By the 1880s merchan... More

Interior door detail, United States Commerce building, Washington, D.C.

Interior door detail, United States Commerce building, Washington, D.C...

Architect: Cass Gilbert. Built 1922-1925. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More

Lamp detail, Herbert C. Hoover Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

Lamp detail, Herbert C. Hoover Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, ...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of ... More

Door detail, Herbert C. Hoover Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

Door detail, Herbert C. Hoover Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, ...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title and date provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Print... More

Woods directory - African American Perspectives Materials

Woods directory - African American Perspectives Materials

1911- "Being a colored business, professional and trades directory of New Orleans, Louisiana." SERBIB/SERLOC merged record

Eastburn-Jeanes Limekilns, On Papermill Road & on Pike Creek Road, Newark, New Castle County, DE

Eastburn-Jeanes Limekilns, On Papermill Road & on Pike Creek Road, New...

Significance: The limestone/marble deposits in the Pike Creek Valley of New Castle County are the largest in the State of Delaware. During the first third of the 19th century they became the center of an exten... More

Main Street District, 614-632 Main Street, Rapid City, Pennington County, SD

Main Street District, 614-632 Main Street, Rapid City, Pennington Coun...

Significance: The Main Street District borders the Rapid City Historic Commercial District which was a commercial center for transient miners in the 1870s and soon became the whole-sale center for western South... More

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Officer's Quarters, 405 feet south of December Seventh Avenue; 330 feet west of C Street, Commerce City, Adams County, CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Officer's Quarters, 405 feet south of December...

Survey number: HAER CO-21-DY Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blackstone Canal, Charles & Randall Streets, Canal & Haymarket Streets, Providence, Providence County, RI

Blackstone Canal, Charles & Randall Streets, Canal & Haymarket Streets...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Stark Brothers Mercantile Company & Home Comfort Hotel, North side, West Main Street, Saint Elmo (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Stark Brothers Mercantile Company & Home Comfort Hotel, North side, We...

Significance: Probably the buildings most closely identified with St. Elmo during its final boom of c.1908-17 and during its decline after 1926. The Stark family was responsible for keeping the identity of St.... More

Fort McDowell, Post Exchange, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Fort McDowell, Post Exchange, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, M...

Significance: The Post Exchange at Fort McDowell was part of a major building campaign during 1910-14 to create permanent improved facilities at the Depot of recruits and Casuals, later known as the East Garris... More

Hart & Thrift Building, 401-407 East Weber Avenue, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Hart & Thrift Building, 401-407 East Weber Avenue, Stockton, San Joaqu...

Significance: The Hart & Thrift Building, designed in a vernacular interpretation of the Renaissance Revival style, was built in 1869 and is one of the oldest buildings in Stockton. Although the building has un... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congress Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Morris-Burnett Block, 302-306 Edmond Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

Morris-Burnett Block, 302-306 Edmond Street, Saint Joseph, Buchanan Co...

Significance: This structure is a good example of the small-scale commercial block property type. It possesses the distinct characteristics of the commercial building type. Chief among these is the well-defined... More

Wilson's Oil House, Lard Refinery, & Edible Fats Factory, Lard Refinery, 2801 Southwest Fifteenth Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK

Wilson's Oil House, Lard Refinery, & Edible Fats Factory, Lard Refiner...

Survey number: HAER OK-4-A Public domain photograph of Oklahoma, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Empire Stores, 501-505 State Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Empire Stores, 501-505 State Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Empire Stores, 501-505 State Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Empire Stores, 501-505 State Street, Erie, Erie County, PA

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Interstate Commerce Commission, Constitution Avenue between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Interstate Commerce Commission, Constitution Avenue between Twelfth an...

Significance: The Interstate Commerce Commission building was designed by Arthur Brown as part of his architectural ensemble facing Constitution Avenue that also included the Departmental Auditorium and the for... More

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...

Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...

Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...

Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Front Street (Commercial Buildings), Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish...

Significance: The architectural history of Front Street closely resembles the outline of Louisiana's economic history with most buildings stemming from high economic plateaus. Thus there are three buildings fro... More

Gulf Filling Station, Corner of Route 51 & West Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Gulf Filling Station, Corner of Route 51 & West Liberty Avenue, Pittsb...

Written data includes site & floor plans. Significance: The Gulf Filling Station (Meineke Garage) is a good example of early 20th century transportation-related architecture. This building is an unusual example... More

Coldwater Bridge, Spanning Coldwater Creek on Old Railroad Bed Road, Fayetteville, Lincoln County, TN

Coldwater Bridge, Spanning Coldwater Creek on Old Railroad Bed Road, F...

Significance: The bridge derives its significance as an unusual example of the pony Warren truss type. The bridge also possesses historical significance in Lincoln County transportation (railroad) history. Sur... More

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Storage Tank, December Seventh Avenue & D Street, Commerce City, Adams County, CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Storage Tank, December Seventh Avenue & D Stre...

Survey number: HAER CO-21-Y Public domain photograph of a storage tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Acetylene Compressor House, 700 feet South of December Seventh Avenue; 1100 feet East of D Street, Commerce City, Adams County, CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Acetylene Compressor House, 700 feet South of ...

Survey number: HAER CO-21-BP Public domain photograph of a compressor engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

C. F. Pascoe Undertaking, Park Avenue, Clifton, Greenlee County, AZ

C. F. Pascoe Undertaking, Park Avenue, Clifton, Greenlee County, AZ

Significance: Associated with commerce in Clifton and the development of Clifton. Survey number: HABS AZ-187 Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Numb... More

Knickerbocker Rowhouse Complex, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Knickerbocker Rowhouse Complex, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-5785 Building/structure dates: ca. 1904 Initial Construction

Grosse Point Lighthouse, 2601 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Cook County, IL

Grosse Point Lighthouse, 2601 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Cook County, IL

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Grosse Point lighthouse played a significant role in the development of maritime commerce on the Great Lakes. It was the leading historic navigational ai... More

Vickers Building, 219-231 East Redwood Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Vickers Building, 219-231 East Redwood Street, Baltimore, Independent ...

Significance: One of the few remaining large-scale commercial edifices to utilize brick as a primary material after Baltimore's Great Fire of 1904, the Vickers building typifies the simple massing and restraine... More

Reber Farm, Canal Store, Gruber Road vicinity (Bern Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks County, PA

Reber Farm, Canal Store, Gruber Road vicinity (Bern Township), Mount P...

Survey number: HABS PA-256-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1977 Demolished

La Casa Grande, Park Avenue, Clifton, Greenlee County, AZ

La Casa Grande, Park Avenue, Clifton, Greenlee County, AZ

Significance: Constructed ca. 1874, La Casa Grande is the oldest known extant building in Greenlee County. It was constructed by Henry Lesinsky who, with his brother Charles and Uncle Jules Frudenthal, opened ... More

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Storage Tank, December Seventh Avenue & D Street, Commerce City, Adams County, CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Storage Tank, December Seventh Avenue & D Stre...

Survey number: HAER CO-21-X Public domain photograph of a storage tank, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bridgeport Downtown, Bridgeport, Jackson County, AL

Bridgeport Downtown, Bridgeport, Jackson County, AL

Significance: Bridgeport's history and small remnants of its built environment are representative of late-nineteenth century speculative "boom towns" that spread through the South and other areas of the United ... More

Baca Store, Socorro, Socorro County, NM

Baca Store, Socorro, Socorro County, NM

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Casino was built in 1880 for James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald." Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it was the fist of the suburban and resort country clubs whi... More

Coffren House, Store, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County, MD

Coffren House, Store, 10007 Croom Road, Croom, Prince George's County,...

Significance: The Coffren Store is a rare example of a well-preserved, mid 19th-century general merchandise store. Small local stores of this type one-room utilitarian structures including a Post Office on... More

Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, 3625 Truman Road, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, 3625 Truman Road, Kansas Cit...

Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, 3625 Truman Road, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, 3625 Truman Road, Kansas Cit...

Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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