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[Egyptian hieroglyphics mural in Evolution of the Book series, by John W. Alexander. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Egyptian hieroglyphics mural in Evolution of the Book series, by John...

Photo of one part of a six-part mural on the history of the book; after conservation of the mural. Depicts an Egyptian man using hammer and chisel to write on wall in hieroglyphics a picture of a woman. Woman m... More

Needed the money / Frank A. Nankivell '99.

Needed the money / Frank A. Nankivell '99.

Print shows an Irish American miner returning home to his wife who asks why he is later than usual, suspecting that the miners are on strike again. Caption: Mrs. Dolan (as her husband returns at an unusual hou... More

Good news - Public domain portrait engraving

Good news - Public domain portrait engraving

Photograph shows a woman fancily dressed, seated at a table, holding an umbrella and posed using telephone. Copyright 1909 by Longaker Premier Engraving Co., Phila., Pa.

Radio communication service, Priv. W.E. Wilson & L.J. DeGraw, 11/24/25

Radio communication service, Priv. W.E. Wilson & L.J. DeGraw, 11/24/25

Public domain photograph of cabinet, bureau, office, 1920s - 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Amb. Oswald Aranha, Brazil and Marquis Don Reis Minister of Communication of Brazil

Amb. Oswald Aranha, Brazil and Marquis Don Reis Minister of Communicat...

Two men in suits and hats standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New F.C.C. Chairman "listens in." Washington, D.C., Aug. 27. Frank R. McNinch, New Chairman of the Federal Communication Commission, has become a rabid radio listener since his appointment to the post by President Roosevelt. He is show dialing in one of his favorite programs on his office set, 8/27/37

New F.C.C. Chairman "listens in." Washington, D.C., Aug. 27. Frank R. ...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Telephonic communication between construction points, Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

Telephonic communication between construction points, Shasta Dam. Shas...

Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Civilian defense. Communications vital to civilian defense. The New York City Emergency Services truck displayed at the ivilian defense show at Madison Square Garden, New York, in October, is equipped with a dispatcher's desk and telephone facilities for workers sent out from the truck. It is also equipped for two-way communication with a central office

Civilian defense. Communications vital to civilian defense. The New Yo...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"I am an international hydrographer"

"I am an international hydrographer"

Drawing shows a sequence of semaphore flag communications sent by the USS Pueblo to a North Korean ship prior to capture; used during the Pueblo Incident hearings in Coronado, California. Inscribed in pencil o... More

Raspberry Island Light Station, Fog Signal Building, Bayfield, Bayfield County, WI

Raspberry Island Light Station, Fog Signal Building, Bayfield, Bayfiel...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Dormitory, Chugach National Forest, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Dormitory, Chugach National Forest, Cord...

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

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National Forest, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National F...

Significance: This structure is part of the Boswell Bay White Alice Station, which was a component of the detection and communication system bridging the North American continent and directly related to the DEW... More

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National Forest, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National F...

Significance: This structure is part of the Boswell Bay White Alice Station, which was a component of the detection and communication system bridging the North American continent and directly related to the DEW... More

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National Forest, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National F...

Significance: This structure is part of the Boswell Bay White Alice Station, which was a component of the detection and communication system bridging the North American continent and directly related to the DEW... More

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National Forest, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National F...

Significance: This structure is part of the Boswell Bay White Alice Station, which was a component of the detection and communication system bridging the North American continent and directly related to the DEW... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Radio Station Duplex for Chief Operators' Quarters, 2-3 Ford Island Way, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Radi...

Significance: This property has a historic association with the establishment of the first radio station at Pearl Harbor. it served as a residence for the chief operators of the radio station until the radio t... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Transmitter Building, 200 yards east of County Road, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Transmitter Building, 200 yards east of Coun...

Significance: The Transmitter Building (Building No. 11000) was constructed in 1953 as a Communications Transmitter Building to house radio-based aircraft navigation and communication equipment, reflecting the ... More

Wright Aeroplane and Wireless Communication [Frank L. Perry, Western Electrician, 12 September 1908]

Wright Aeroplane and Wireless Communication [Frank L. Perry, Western E...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA

Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, ...

Survey number: HAER CA-311-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002108

Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA

Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, ...

Survey number: HAER CA-311-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002108

Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA

Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, ...

Survey number: HAER CA-311-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002108

"Hello" - A woman talking on a telephone with an umbrella on her head

"Hello" - A woman talking on a telephone with an umbrella on her head

Photograph shows young woman using wall mounted telephone.

Rough on cats / Frank A. Nankivell.

Rough on cats / Frank A. Nankivell.

Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt delivering a jolt of electric current through wires spelling "Presidential Message" to two cats labeled "House" and "Senate" asleep on a wall. Caption: Before and after th... More

Edward S. Curtis - Petroglyphs--Wishham

Edward S. Curtis - Petroglyphs--Wishham

J139777 U.S. Copyright Office. Title on verso: Wishham pictographs. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 3016-09. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, W... More

International Communication Conference

International Communication Conference

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

F.B.I. headquarters well guarded. Washington, D.C., Aug 4. The most carefully guarded center of interest in the Capitol is the Department of Justice, home of the "G" Men. Well trained guards protect records, personnel, and the building against all intruders. In this picture, Officer William L. Good is shown at the "Patrol Board" in the Captain of the Guard's office which maintains direct communication with every watch station and substation throughout the huge building. Every guard patrolling the miles of corridors carries as a part of his regular equipment a plug-in telephone with which he can communicate with headquarters at a minute's notice, 8/4/37

F.B.I. headquarters well guarded. Washington, D.C., Aug 4. The most ca...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Army demonstration of new telephone and teletype systems. Washington, D.C., Feb. 25. Utilizing two recent developments in electrical communication. the Army today demonstrated its ability to communicate instantaneously between its Washington Headquarters and its various units in different parts of the country. the test consisted of a long distance telephone conference call over circuits normally employed for commercial telephone service. The hookup interconnected general staff officers in Washington with commanders of the Nine-Corp areas in their respective headquarters at New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, Columbus, Omaha, San Antonio, and San Francisco. Left to right: Col. Robert Eichelberger, Sec. To the General Staff; Chief of Staff General Malin Craig; and the Chief Signal Officer General J.O. Mauborgne, 2/25/38

Army demonstration of new telephone and teletype systems. Washington, ...

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

Washington, D.C. Preparing an advisory forecast at the U.S. Weather Bureau. Completed weather information is sent by pneumatic tubes to a communication center for transmittal to various military and civilian centers for war activity use

Washington, D.C. Preparing an advisory forecast at the U.S. Weather Bu...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[A man and a woman watching a film footage of the Vietnam war on a television in their living room] / WKL.

[A man and a woman watching a film footage of the Vietnam war on a tel...

Contact sheet folder caption: "War comes to the living room, WKL, 2/13/68." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 18633,... More

"I am in international waters" - Public domain  drawing

"I am in international waters" - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a sequence of semaphore flag communications sent by the USS Pueblo to a North Korean ship prior to capture; used during the Pueblo Incident hearings in Coronado, California. Inscribed in pencil o... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

August 1808. To Sir, The Central committee has transmitted to me the following communication, which I forward to you for your consideration and co-operation. Boston, August 10, 1808. To Chairman of the committee for the County of Sir. The inhabi

August 1808. To Sir, The Central committee has transmitted to me the f...

Imprint 2.; Embargo act. 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 48, Folder 19.

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Dormitory, Chugach National Forest, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Dormitory, Chugach National Forest, Cord...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National Forest, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National F...

Significance: This structure is part of the Boswell Bay White Alice Station, which was a component of the detection and communication system bridging the North American continent and directly related to the DEW... More

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National Forest, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National F...

Significance: This structure is part of the Boswell Bay White Alice Station, which was a component of the detection and communication system bridging the North American continent and directly related to the DEW... More

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National Forest, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National F...

Significance: This structure is part of the Boswell Bay White Alice Station, which was a component of the detection and communication system bridging the North American continent and directly related to the DEW... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bombproof Communication Center, Hornet Avenue at Liscome Bay Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bombproof Communication Center, Hornet ...

Significance: It was built as a Bombproof Communication Center (also called an Operations and Message Center on some drawings) in direct response to the attack of Pearl Harbor. It is a distinctive type of reinf... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Radio Station Duplex for Chief Operators' Quarters, 2-3 Ford Island Way, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Radi...

Significance: This property has a historic association with the establishment of the first radio station at Pearl Harbor. it served as a residence for the chief operators of the radio station until the radio t... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Radio Station Duplex for Chief Operators' Quarters, 2-3 Ford Island Way, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Radi...

Significance: This property has a historic association with the establishment of the first radio station at Pearl Harbor. it served as a residence for the chief operators of the radio station until the radio t... More

Rabbit Creek White Alice Site, Radio Relay Station, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK

Rabbit Creek White Alice Site, Radio Relay Station, Anchorage, Anchora...

Significance: Rabbit Creek was an unattended TD-2 microwave radio relay station that was built in 1955-56 and opened on 18 January 1957. It was acquired by Alascom in 1983 and still functions as it did origina... More

Rabbit Creek White Alice Site, Radio Relay Station, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK

Rabbit Creek White Alice Site, Radio Relay Station, Anchorage, Anchora...

Significance: Rabbit Creek was an unattended TD-2 microwave radio relay station that was built in 1955-56 and opened on 18 January 1957. It was acquired by Alascom in 1983 and still functions as it did origina... More

A topographical map of Hudsons River, with the channels depth of water, rocks, shoals &c. and the country adjacent, from Sandy-Hook, New York and bay to Fort Edward, also the communication with Canada by Lake George and Lake Champlain, as high as Fort Chambly on Sorel River. 1776.

A topographical map of Hudsons River, with the channels depth of water...

Scale 1:253,440; 4 miles to 1 in. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. From the publisher's The North American atlas. 1777. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1069 Available also... More

Mistaken abilities / Woodward del., British Cartoon Print

Mistaken abilities / Woodward del., British Cartoon Print

Print shows several individuals, each believing they are better suited to a particular occupation other than the one they are currently engaged in, such as a farmer that wants to be a doctor or an attorney that... More

Caricature, A division of labor / Keppler., public domain cartoon image

Caricature, A division of labor / Keppler., public domain cartoon imag...

Print shows the British Lion labeled "England" lying in the foreground with a concerned look on its face, while in the background, a man labeled "France" is talking on the telephone to a man labeled "Russia", o... More

[Debating class, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania]

[Debating class, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania]

Photo shows a young woman standing before a group of seated students. A partially visible chalkboard says "Debate. Resolved: That the U.S. Senate [...]" An older woman is seated at a piano on the right. The mot... More

Christmas in a mining camp / Will Crawford.

Christmas in a mining camp / Will Crawford.

Illustration shows a gold miner standing at the door to a cabin telling the miners inside, who are celebrating Christmas, that there has been a "gold strike up the creek", which causes the miners to rush for th... More

[Communication towers?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Communication towers?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

I lose-a my baggage, I shouted loudly.  You savvy? baggage heap gone! coach vamoose, get me?

I lose-a my baggage, I shouted loudly. You savvy? baggage heap gone! ...

(DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Arm and the Wallop" by William Slavens McNutt, Collier's weekly, 61:7 (June 29, 1918).

The Navy uses enormous amounts of rubber. At least seventy-five tons of rubber, enough to makes 17,000 tires, are used in the construction of each of these battleships. Tons more are needed for the naval planes that are making history over the world. Medical and communication requirements--and countless other needs of the Navy--are met

The Navy uses enormous amounts of rubber. At least seventy-five tons o...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of an american airlines plane. War Poduction. Office of War Information.

A black and white photo of an american airlines plane. War Poduction. ...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Ann Arbor (vicinity?), Michigan. Landscape showing communication lines

Ann Arbor (vicinity?), Michigan. Landscape showing communication lines

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dis-information / Valtman '92. - Public domain portrait drawing

Dis-information / Valtman '92. - Public domain portrait drawing

Editorial cartoon drawing showing hands labeled "Russia" stuffing letters that spell "Human Rights in Estonia" into a meat grinder labeled "Dis-Information" and displaying a hammer & sickle "Brand Mark"; as one... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

"When I wish to catch rats, I first stop their holes" - Gen'l Scott

"When I wish to catch rats, I first stop their holes" - Gen'l Scott

Print shows an anti-Confederacy cartoon advocating General Scott's blockade of the South, with Union ships in a circle outside Confederate centers labeled "Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Mississippi, Manassas G... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Along First Avenue to west of & along Ford Island Way, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Alon...

Significance: The Hospital Point neighborhood was built in association with the development of the naval hospital at Pearl Harbor and the adjacent Radio Station, the navy's first radio installation in Pearl Har... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Along First Avenue to west of & along Ford Island Way, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Alon...

Significance: The Hospital Point neighborhood was built in association with the development of the naval hospital at Pearl Harbor and the adjacent Radio Station, the navy's first radio installation in Pearl Har... More

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National Forest, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National F...

Significance: This structure is part of the Boswell Bay White Alice Station, which was a component of the detection and communication system bridging the North American continent and directly related to the DEW... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Transmitter Building, 200 yards east of County Road, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Transmitter Building, 200 yards east of Coun...

Significance: The Transmitter Building (Building No. 11000) was constructed in 1953 as a Communications Transmitter Building to house radio-based aircraft navigation and communication equipment, reflecting the ... More

Wright Aeroplane and Wireless Communication [Frank L. Perry, Western Electrician, 12 September 1908]

Wright Aeroplane and Wireless Communication [Frank L. Perry, Western E...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA

Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, ...

Survey number: HAER CA-311-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002108

Map illustrating the siege of Atlanta, Ga., by the U.S. forces under command of Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, from the passage of Peach Tree Creek, July 19th 1864, to the commencement of the movement upon the enemy's lines of communication south of Atlanta, August 26, 1864 /

Map illustrating the siege of Atlanta, Ga., by the U.S. forces under c...

Partial cadastral map showing selected buildings and householders' names beyond city limits. Covers area extending from Mt. Gilead Church in west to Decatur in east and from Buckhead in north to East Point in s... More

[Oral Tradition mural in Evolution of the Book series, by John W. Alexander. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Oral Tradition mural in Evolution of the Book series, by John W. Alex...

Photo of one part of a six-part mural on the history of the book; after conservation of the mural. Depicts Arabian storyteller recounting tales to a group of Arabs. Mural marked at bottom left: Copyright by Joh... More

What a newspaper puff can do / F. Opper and Ehrhart.

What a newspaper puff can do / F. Opper and Ehrhart.

Print shows a vignette cartoon chronicling the social and financial fortunes of the "Smallclip" family following Mrs. Smallclip's interview with reporters and artists for the society pages of the newspaper, whi... More

Telephone used for communication between various points in the mine. Mill and office, gold mine at Mogollon, New Mexico

Telephone used for communication between various points in the mine. M...

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In the airport control room with which incoming and outgoing airliners are in constant communication. Flight data is kept on the white slips of cardboard. A new electrical control board just completed on the opposite side of the room will replace this one Washington, D.C. municipal airport

In the airport control room with which incoming and outgoing airliners...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marconi Radio Sites, Receiving, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA

Marconi Radio Sites, Receiving, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA

Survey number: HAER CA-311-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002109

Marconi Radio Sites, Receiving, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA

Marconi Radio Sites, Receiving, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA

Survey number: HAER CA-311-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002109

Marconi Radio Sites, Receiving, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA

Marconi Radio Sites, Receiving, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA

Survey number: HAER CA-311-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002109

"When I wish to catch rats, I first stop their holes" - Gen'l Scott

"When I wish to catch rats, I first stop their holes" - Gen'l Scott

Print shows an anti-Confederacy cartoon advocating General Scott's blockade of the South, with Union ships in a circle outside Confederate centers labeled "Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Mississippi, Manassas G... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bombproof Communication Center, Hornet Avenue at Liscome Bay Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Bombproof Communication Center, Hornet ...

Significance: It was built as a Bombproof Communication Center (also called an Operations and Message Center on some drawings) in direct response to the attack of Pearl Harbor. It is a distinctive type of reinf... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Radio Station Duplex for Chief Operators' Quarters, 2-3 Ford Island Way, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Radi...

Significance: This property has a historic association with the establishment of the first radio station at Pearl Harbor. it served as a residence for the chief operators of the radio station until the radio t... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Radio Station Duplex for Chief Operators' Quarters, 2-3 Ford Island Way, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Hospital Point, Radi...

Significance: This property has a historic association with the establishment of the first radio station at Pearl Harbor. it served as a residence for the chief operators of the radio station until the radio t... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Transmitter Building, 200 yards east of County Road, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Transmitter Building, 200 yards east of Coun...

Significance: The Transmitter Building (Building No. 11000) was constructed in 1953 as a Communications Transmitter Building to house radio-based aircraft navigation and communication equipment, reflecting the ... More

U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Building No. 43, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Building No. 43, Baltimore, Independent City, M...

Significance: Constructed in 1942, Building #43 joined a group of contributing storage buildings in the northeast corner of the YARD. Survey number: HABS MD-1040-F Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Const... More

Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA

Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, ...

Survey number: HAER CA-311-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002108

Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA

Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, ...

Survey number: HAER CA-311-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002108

Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA

Marconi Radio Sites, Transmitting, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, ...

Survey number: HAER CA-311-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002108

[Man standing on fence calling to sailboat]

[Man standing on fence calling to sailboat]

Title devised by cataloger. Sketch for Rudder Grange / Frank Stockton. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. (DLC/PP-1933:0054). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Picture Writing mural in Evolution of the Book series, by John W. Alexander. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Picture Writing mural in Evolution of the Book series, by John W. Ale...

Photo of one part of a six-part mural on the history of the book; after conservation of the mural. Depicts an American Indian writing on hide with Indian woman in background. Mural marked at bottom left: Copyri... More

Edward S. Curtis - Storytelling

Edward S. Curtis - Storytelling

Group of Apache men, two on horseback, others seated, listening and looking on as one member of the party is marking the ground with a stick. Curtis no. 131(?). Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Libr... More

"At the telephone" - A woman sitting at a table with a phone in her hand

"At the telephone" - A woman sitting at a table with a phone in her ha...

Photograph shows young woman, wearing fancy dress, posed with hand holding onto telephone receiver on desk and transmitter (mouthpiece) to mouth. Copyright 1907 by Charles H. Davis, N. Y.

The love call / Frederic Remington., portrait of american indian man

The love call / Frederic Remington., portrait of american indian man

Native American man standing by two trees, with tipis in background. G31565 U.S. Copyright Office Reproduction of painting by Frederic Remington.

International Communication Conference, American Delegation

International Communication Conference, American Delegation

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

[Communication tower/wires on roof top]

[Communication tower/wires on roof top]

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California photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

California photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man working on an airplane. War Poduction. Office of War Information.

A black and white photo of a man working on an airplane. War Poduction...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. These three War Emergency Radio Service transmitter-receivers tuned to different wave lengths keep this Civilian Defense control center in touch with three different channels of communication. The set being operated maintains contact with state and city police and fire departments. The other two are used for communicating with sub-control centers, hospitals, and mobile field units

Civilian defense. War Emergency Radio Service. These three War Emergen...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man working on an airplane. War Poduction. Office of War Information.

A black and white photo of a man working on an airplane. War Poduction...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Washington, D.C. Norman J. Nelson, principal of Woodrow Wilson High School, making an announcement over the communication system

Washington, D.C. Norman J. Nelson, principal of Woodrow Wilson High Sc...

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Marconi Radio Sites, Receiving, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA

Marconi Radio Sites, Receiving, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA

Survey number: HAER CA-311-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100002109

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Tropospheric Antennas, Chugach National Forest, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Tropospheric Antennas, Chugach National ...

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Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Dormitory, Chugach National Forest, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Dormitory, Chugach National Forest, Cord...

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