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FCC whispers. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Pictured in this impromptu huddle are Federal Communications Chairman Frank McNinch, and Judge Eugene O. Sykes, who led in questioning today's witnesses at the FCC hearing into alleged monopolies in the radio industry

FCC whispers. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Pictured in this impromptu hu...

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

FCC Commissioners inspect latest in television. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. The first public demonstration of the new lightweight television equipment was given today before members of the Federal Communications Commission. The new equipment is portable and can be carried in a taxicab as compared to the huge cumbersome truck which has been used until now. The FCC is now considering new renovations for commerical television. Left to right: Commissioners Frederick I. Thompson, T.A.M. Craven, Chairman James L. Fly, Commissioners Thad H. Brown, and Norman S. Case

FCC Commissioners inspect latest in television. Washington, D.C., Dec....

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

[Kuropatkin(?) as town crier] - Public domain portrait drawing

[Kuropatkin(?) as town crier] - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a man, possibly Russian General Alekseĭ Nikolaevich Kuropatkin, wearing suit and skis, holding a bell and a sheaf of papers, a white bandana around his head with two tattered flags (the flag of Russ... More

[Emblem of France and Great Britain] / EHB ; M. Rusling Wood, Litho., N.Y.

[Emblem of France and Great Britain] / EHB ; M. Rusling Wood, Litho., ...

Poster showing personifications of France and Great Britain, depicted in profile within a circular border. Copyright by the Committee of Citizens.

Fighting in France for freedom! Are you helping at home?

Fighting in France for freedom! Are you helping at home?

Poster showing a military review, with soldiers displaying a German cannon that was captured at the battle of Chateau Thierry.

A pair of Portias. These two young women are the latest addition to the legal staff at the Federal Communications Commission. Mary Elizabeth Erickson, left, recently of Washington State, is assigned to the broadcast section of the legal department, and Violet Lowry, of Hot Springs, Ark., is in the Telegraph Section. 12/4/35

A pair of Portias. These two young women are the latest addition to th...

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

Senate Committee questions Inspector General of Army. Washington, D.C., Jan. 18. Maj. General Walter Reed, Inspector General of the Army, takes the oath before testifying before the Senate Public Lands Committee. Questioned by the committee on the alleged defalcations totaling $87,000 of reno[...] Stitley, former Chief Voucher Clerk of the CCC, Reed declared the Army Chief Finance Office acted in good faith when the alleged fraudulent vouchers were honored. He added the finance officer was instructed to honor any and all vouchers presented by persons designated in communications between the Army and other government departments concerning handling of finances for the CCC, 1/18/38

Senate Committee questions Inspector General of Army. Washington, D.C....

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

Civilian defense. Telephone communications are an essential part of civilian defense. This worker will handle calls from the public reporting trouble areas. Her part in civilian defense was demonstrated at Madison Garden, New York, during the huge civilian defense show in October 1941

Civilian defense. Telephone communications are an essential part of ci...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Finis les mauvais jours! Papa gagne de l'argent en Allemagne.

Finis les mauvais jours! Papa gagne de l'argent en Allemagne.

Political poster shows smiling mother and daughter in occupied France as father works in a factory in Germany.

[Design drawing for stained glass window with American Military theme: George Washington kneels and prays at center, before suspension bridge, divine light; Revolutionary troops, cannon, musket, camp fire, farm, Independence Hall at left; and Mid 20th Century servicemen, skyscrapers, helicopters, tank, communications tower and satellite dish at right; also at right, Civil War, World War I servicemen]

[Design drawing for stained glass window with American Military theme:...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portraits of correspondents] - Public domain  drawing

[Portraits of correspondents] - Public domain drawing

Eight bust portraits. Public domain scan of 19th century American drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Communications Building, First & A Streets, Boron, Kern County, CA

Edwards Air Force Base, North Base, Communications Building, First & A...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N729 Survey number: HAER CA-170-TT

[Cold Harbor, Virginia Photographer's wagon and tent]

[Cold Harbor, Virginia Photographer's wagon and tent]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.

[Petersburg, Virginia Two youthful military telegraph operators at headquarters]

[Petersburg, Virginia Two youthful military telegraph operators at hea...

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Culpeper, Virginia Approach to town, with photographer's wagon in foreground]

[Culpeper, Virginia Approach to town, with photographer's wagon in for...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.

[Petersburg, Virginia, vicinity. Maj. Thomas T. Eckert (seated, left) and others of U.S. Military Telegraph Corps]

[Petersburg, Virginia, vicinity. Maj. Thomas T. Eckert (seated, left) ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Grant telegraphing the news of the crossing of the river Rapidan--May 1864

Grant telegraphing the news of the crossing of the river Rapidan--May ...

Title inscribed above image. This drawing probably traced from Waud no. 432, with more background detail filled in. Gift; J.P. Morgan; 1919; (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.433). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Travis Air Force Base, Base Communications, W Street, Armed Forces Special Weapons Project Q Area, Fairfield, Solano County, CA

Travis Air Force Base, Base Communications, W Street, Armed Forces Spe...

Significance: Building 912 is significant as a contributor to the AFSWP "Q" Area, also referred to as "Fairfield Air Force Station (AFS)," the "Air Materiel Command (AMC) West River Depot," and the "3083rd Air ... More

Night signalling. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Night signalling. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Title inscribed on verso. "Signal Corps VIII 3" inscribed on verso. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 12, 1864, p. 732. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings File Q. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 191... More

[Sketches of the Signal Corps during the American Civil War]

[Sketches of the Signal Corps during the American Civil War]

Preliminary study for DRWG/US Waud (W.), no. 12 (A size). Sketch of civilian eating from plate upper left. Title devised. Two floor plans for fortress and building on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919... More

[Brandy Station, Virginia Winter quarters of telegraphers and photographers, Army of the Potomac headquarters]

[Brandy Station, Virginia Winter quarters of telegraphers and photogra...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Christmas Valley Radar Site Transmit Sector Four Communications Antennas, On unnamed road west of Lost Forest Road, Christmas Valley, Lake County, OR

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Christmas Valley Radar Sit...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tra... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Communications Receiver Facility, Off Route 22, west of Route 87, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Communications Receiver Facility, Off Rout...

Significance: The facility provided a fixed transmitter as required for the Control Tower, Ground-Control Approach, and Radar Approach Control facilities. The facility included radio equipment for point-to-poin... More

[Bermuda Hundred, Virginia Butler's signal tower; another view]

[Bermuda Hundred, Virginia Butler's signal tower; another view]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.

[Washington, D.C. Central Signal Station, Winder Building, 17th and E Streets NW, and Signal Corps men]

[Washington, D.C. Central Signal Station, Winder Building, 17th and E ...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Bermuda Hundred, Virginia Officers by their quarters near the signal tower]

[Bermuda Hundred, Virginia Officers by their quarters near the signal ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.

Signal tower Fort Reno D.C. / Lt. J.R. Underdunk(?), U.S.A. del.

Signal tower Fort Reno D.C. / Lt. J.R. Underdunk(?), U.S.A. del.

Drawing shows signal tower constructed at Fort Reno in Washington, D.C.

The press, the field, the sketchbook / Th. Nast.

The press, the field, the sketchbook / Th. Nast.

Illustration shows various scenes showing a Harper's Weekly correspondent and artist at work in the field, sketching views and gathering information on the battlefield, in camp, and of contraband; two medallion... More

Secret service by William Gillette. during American Civil War

Secret service by William Gillette. during American Civil War

Caption: We must leave out something or we can't telegraph! Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cinti & N.Y." No. 7447. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

The yellow pest - putting its nose into everything / Dalrymple. Joseph Pulitzer

The yellow pest - putting its nose into everything / Dalrymple. Joseph...

Print shows President William McKinley sitting at a desk, holding a large paper that shows "President McKinley's War Policy". A newspaper reporter, most likely Joseph Pulitzer", leaning through an open window a... More

FCC told in B.C. programs cost 1000,000,000 million dollars yearly. Washington, D.C., Nov. 17. Testifying at the Federal Communications Investigation of Purported Monopolistic Practices in the Radio Industry today, John F. Royal, NBC Vice President in charge of programs, said the programs carried by NBC cost 1000,000,000 dollars annually. Royal said this figure included programs picked up from foreign stations

FCC told in B.C. programs cost 1000,000,000 million dollars yearly. Wa...

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

Wheeler bill would "cripple" radio communications. Sen. Alben Barkley

Wheeler bill would "cripple" radio communications. Sen. Alben Barkley

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

United States official war films / Kerry ; The Hegeman Print N.Y.

United States official war films / Kerry ; The Hegeman Print N.Y.

Poster showing silhouette of soldiers and firing cannon against a red, white, and blue sky, with United States seal below.

140th flag day, 1777-1917 The birthday of the stars and stripes, June 14th, 1917.

140th flag day, 1777-1917 The birthday of the stars and stripes, June ...

Poster showing a man raising the American flag, with a minuteman cheering and an eagle flying above. Text continues: 'Tis the Star Spangled Banner, oh, long may it wave, o'er the land of the free and the home o... More

Thru special arrangement with the Italian government [...] the Italian battlefront

Thru special arrangement with the Italian government [...] the Italian...

Motion picture poster, text only, advertising film coverage of World War I in Italy. Printed paste-on: Isis Theatre entire week starting Monday July 15.

The Signal Corps trains men for telegraph, telephone, radio There is in your locality a U.S. Army recruiting office / / Harry S. Mueller, Major Infantry.

The Signal Corps trains men for telegraph, telephone, radio There is i...

U.S. Army Signal Corps recruiting poster showing a map of the world with lines of communication and views of classrooms, offices, workshops, and field instruction.

Repairing telephone lines during gas attack at the front, France

Repairing telephone lines during gas attack at the front, France

J240884 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 19205. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The murder of a perfectly good differential - reel 1 - starring Joe Dope While draining the oil one day, the gaze of Joe Dope chanced to stray to a pippin so cute that the love-sic galoot left the oil - and the gears - by the way! Don't be a dope! Handle equipment right / / Cpt. Will Eisner, Ordnance.

The murder of a perfectly good differential - reel 1 - starring Joe Do...

Poster shows Joe Dope destroying a military truck by driving it without oil.

Laurel, Maryland. Monitoring at the United States Federal Communications Commission listening post

Laurel, Maryland. Monitoring at the United States Federal Communicatio...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s FCC, radio broadcasting, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cold Harbor, Virginia Photographer's wagon and tent

Cold Harbor, Virginia Photographer's wagon and tent

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library ... More

America's tribute to Britain / fgc ; The Marchbanks Press, New York.

America's tribute to Britain / fgc ; The Marchbanks Press, New York.

Poster showing an eagle placing a victory wreath on a lion's head.

Gū no ne mo denpō - Public domain portrait print

Gū no ne mo denpō - Public domain portrait print

Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of a Western couple, the man holding a large sheet of paper (the telegram) and looking distressed, the woman with tears in her eyes. Title and other descriptive informat... More

Signal tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland, overlooking battlefield of Antietam / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan ; positive by A. Gardner.

Signal tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland, overlooking battlefield of Ant...

Photograph showing soldiers at the Elk Mountain Signal Station. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 22. Another... More

[Falmouth, Virginia Group in front of post office tent at Army of the Potomac headquarters]

[Falmouth, Virginia Group in front of post office tent at Army of the ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863. Photograph includes woman.

[Culpeper, Virginia Approach to town, with photographer's wagon in foreground]

[Culpeper, Virginia Approach to town, with photographer's wagon in for...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.

[Richmond, Virginia Wagon train of Military Telegraph Corps]

[Richmond, Virginia Wagon train of Military Telegraph Corps]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

[Brick by brick-- together you can build a new Afghanistan]

[Brick by brick-- together you can build a new Afghanistan]

Pictorial story leaflet printed on both sides. The recto shows three men building a brick structure. The verso shows seven hands holding a map of Afghanistan.

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Air Force Communications Systems (AFCS) Maintenance Facility, Off Alabama Avenue, adjacent to Flightline Apron, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Air Force Communications Systems (AFCS) Ma...

Significance: The AFCS Maintenance space provided shop and administrative space for the repair of communications and electronic equipment. The NAVAID shop provided shop and administrative space for field and pe... More

[Richmond, Virginia "New York newspaper correspondents' row" (between 4th and 5th Streets)]

[Richmond, Virginia "New York newspaper correspondents' row" (between ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Communications Receiver Facility, Off Route 22, west of Route 87, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Communications Receiver Facility, Off Rout...

Significance: The facility provided a fixed transmitter as required for the Control Tower, Ground-Control Approach, and Radar Approach Control facilities. The facility included radio equipment for point-to-poin... More

[Bermuda Hundred, Virginia Butler's signal tower; another view]

[Bermuda Hundred, Virginia Butler's signal tower; another view]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.

Unknown location. Wagons and camera of Sam A. Cooley, U.S. photographer, Department of the South

Unknown location. Wagons and camera of Sam A. Cooley, U.S. photographe...

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information abou... More

Professor Lowe dictating a dispatch to General McClellan during the battle at Fair Oaks

Professor Lowe dictating a dispatch to General McClellan during the ba...

Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2012-2013.

Poster - Heroes? past and present - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Heroes? past and present - Public domain lithograph

Poster showing Uncle Sam cranking a newsreel camera, filming world leaders and events; an injured "Dove of Peace" looks on. Copyright 1914 by New Electro Corporation, 1476 Broadway, New York.

It is going to be a long drawn-out struggle. [...] / printed by Roberts & Leete Ltd., London.

It is going to be a long drawn-out struggle. [...] / printed by Robert...

Text continues: We shall not sheathe the sword until Belgium recovers all, and more than all, she has sacrificed; until France is adequately secured against the menace of aggression; until the rights of the sma... More

Under four flags / from group by Martiny.

Under four flags / from group by Martiny.

Movie poster showing four soldiers, one from each allied country. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

See real warfare - "over there" cantonment - made possible by blood-not money 5th Regiment Armory, Baltimore - tickets for sale here / / Lloyd Harrison ; H Gamse & Bro. Litho. Balto. Md.

See real warfare - "over there" cantonment - made possible by blood-no...

Poster showing a tank climbing across a trench. Opens March 30th, moving pictures, music, world's greatest orators.

No war talk! Attorney General Gregory says, "Obey the law, keep your mouth shut!"

No war talk! Attorney General Gregory says, "Obey the law, keep your m...

Poster is text only. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. Exhibited: "The Fight for Civil Liberties During World War I" in the Agile Display, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, April 3... More

If you are an electrician, mechanic or a telegraph operator you belong in the U.S. Army Signal Corps If you are not we will train you, get in now / / Welsh.

If you are an electrician, mechanic or a telegraph operator you belong...

U.S. Army Signal Corps recruiting poster showing three soldiers using various methods of communication and information gathering.

Defends use of high-powered radio stations, Washington, D.C. Oct, 7. Appearing before the Federal Communications Commission today, Powell Crosley, Jr., of the Crosley Radio Corp., defended the use of high-powered broadcasting stations. The Crosley Corporation operates station WLW at Cincinnati, Ohio, which is operated on 500 kilowatts, the highest in the country. High-powered station cause no serious or damaging interference to the reception of other stations, Crosley added. He is shown in this photograph with Anning S. Prall (right) chairman of the FCC

Defends use of high-powered radio stations, Washington, D.C. Oct, 7. A...

Two men in suits standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, 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

Don't let him down Beall - American Art Poster

Don't let him down Beall - American Art Poster

Poster shows soldier aiming machine gun mounted on turret. U.S. Government Printing Office. Gift; Lester Beall.

A poster comes to life. Aviation-radio Chief John Marshall Evans, the sailor of the "Men Working Together" war poster, listens to radio communications at his navy post.  Allegheny-Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. Aviation-radio Chief John Marshall Evans, the ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s FCC, radio broadcasting, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Laurel, Maryland. Monitoring at the United States Federal Communications Commission listening post

Laurel, Maryland. Monitoring at the United States Federal Communicatio...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s FCC, radio broadcasting, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

C.W. Post College, Brookville, Long Island. Communications building, entrance facade from right

C.W. Post College, Brookville, Long Island. Communications building, e...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cold Harbor, Virginia Photographer's wagon and tent

Cold Harbor, Virginia Photographer's wagon and tent

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library ... More

Bermuda Hundred, Virginia Officers by their quarters near the signal tower

Bermuda Hundred, Virginia Officers by their quarters near the signal t...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library... More

Bermuda Hundred, Virginia Signal tower on left of the line near the Appomattox River

Bermuda Hundred, Virginia Signal tower on left of the line near the Ap...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library... More

Bermuda Hundred, Virginia African-American teamsters near the signal tower

Bermuda Hundred, Virginia African-American teamsters near the signal t...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865. Shows group of seven "contrabands" dressed in old Union uniforms standing in front of a wagon and shack. Stereo ... More

Unknown location. Wagons and camera of Sam A. Cooley, U.S. photographer, Department of the South

Unknown location. Wagons and camera of Sam A. Cooley, U.S. photographe...

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0868 Title from Milh... More

America's tribute to Britain / fgc ; The Marchbanks Press, New York.

America's tribute to Britain / fgc ; The Marchbanks Press, New York.

Poster showing an eagle placing a victory wreath on a lion's head.

[Petersburg, Virginia U.S. Military Telegraph battery wagon, Army of the Potomac headquarters]

[Petersburg, Virginia U.S. Military Telegraph battery wagon, Army of t...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Forging the weapons of war, official United States war film / Ioseph Pennell del. ; Ketterlinus Philada. imp.

Forging the weapons of war, official United States war film / Ioseph P...

Poster showing cranes in a shipyard. Produced by Signal Corps, U.S.A. and Committee on Public Information.

Gū no ne mo denpō - Public domain portrait print

Gū no ne mo denpō - Public domain portrait print

Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of a Western couple, the man holding a large sheet of paper (the telegram) and looking distressed, the woman with tears in her eyes. Title and other descriptive informat... More

Signal Station. Pony Mt. - Public domain scan / drawing

Signal Station. Pony Mt. - Public domain scan / drawing

Horses and military camp in foreground, signal platform in background. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.302) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file Q. F... More

American editor is greatly surprised at Japanese sharp-shooter as he hits Kiulencheng [sic], Hoojo, Kuichow, Motienluig, Haicheng, & next Liaoyang

American editor is greatly surprised at Japanese sharp-shooter as he h...

Print shows an American journalist amazed at the marksmenship of a Japanese soldier at a shooting gallery. Signed on block by artist in lower left, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunke... More

An incident of the War, Confederate States of America.

An incident of the War, Confederate States of America.

Officer hands a paper to a soldier holding a newspaper and seated by a fire, while two other soldiers look on. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed within image as indicator: Rebel Pickets. Inscribed on newspa... More

Travis Air Force Base, Base Communications, W Street, Armed Forces Special Weapons Project Q Area, Fairfield, Solano County, CA

Travis Air Force Base, Base Communications, W Street, Armed Forces Spe...

Significance: Building 912 is significant as a contributor to the AFSWP "Q" Area, also referred to as "Fairfield Air Force Station (AFS)," the "Air Materiel Command (AMC) West River Depot," and the "3083rd Air ... More

Night signalling - Public domain monumental decor drawing

Night signalling - Public domain monumental decor drawing

Title inscribed on verso. "Signal Corps VIII 3" inscribed on verso. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 12, 1864, p. 732. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings File Q. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 191... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Air Force Communications Systems (AFCS) Maintenance Facility, Off Alabama Avenue, adjacent to Flightline Apron, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Air Force Communications Systems (AFCS) Ma...

Significance: The AFCS Maintenance space provided shop and administrative space for the repair of communications and electronic equipment. The NAVAID shop provided shop and administrative space for field and pe... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Military telegraph operators at headquarters; another group]

[Petersburg, Virginia Military telegraph operators at headquarters; an...

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Atlanta, Ga. Chevaux-de-frise on Marietta Street; photographic wagons and darkroom beyond]

[Atlanta, Ga. Chevaux-de-frise on Marietta Street; photographic wagons...

Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman in Atlanta, September-November, 1864. After three and a half months of incessant maneuvering and much hard fighting, Sherman forced Hood to a... More

Field Telegraph Station - 19th century Virginia.

Field Telegraph Station - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing soldiers outside a tent used as a telegraph station at Wilcox's Landing in the vicinity of Charles City County, Virginia. No. 2351. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War Hi... More

Americans all - A black and white photo of a poster

Americans all - A black and white photo of a poster

Americans of different national origins assembling tank, with quotation against discrimination by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

[Brandy Station, Virginia Wagons and men of the U.S. Military Telegraph Construction Corps]

[Brandy Station, Virginia Wagons and men of the U.S. Military Telegrap...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.

Books are weapons in the war of ideas / S. Broder.

Books are weapons in the war of ideas / S. Broder.

Poster showing Nazis burning books, with quotation by Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Books cannot be killed by fire ...." GPO no. 1942-O-487131. OWI no. 7. Promotional goal: U.S. J49. 1942.

Hill Field, Fire Station No. 1 & Communications Center, 5935 C Avenue, Layton, Davis County, UT

Hill Field, Fire Station No. 1 & Communications Center, 5935 C Avenue,...

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

Mr. Simpson the artist - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Mr. Simpson the artist - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

William Simpson, full-length portrait, reclining on a rock, facing slightly right. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His photographs a... More

Sam. A. Cooley, photographer Tenth Army Corps

Sam. A. Cooley, photographer Tenth Army Corps

Stereograph shows a group of men standing next to wagons labeled "Sam A. Cooley U.S. Photographer Department of the South", with a camera on the left, and two African American men employed as drivers. Caption ... More

Putting yellow journalism in its place / Keppler.

Putting yellow journalism in its place / Keppler.

Print shows General William R. Shafter holding up a diminutive newspaper reporter labeled "Yellow Journalism" and appears ready to drop him in the ocean. Caption: The hero of Santiago has done many good things... More

Testimony at NLRB hearings reveal memos which label them 'amateur detectives.' Washington, D.C., Dec. 11. During the rummaging about in the stack of board correspondence which Committee Counsel Edmund Toland had before him, inter-office communications were produced which revealed that Leiserson had repeatedly demanded the discharge of Nathan Witt, Board Secretary and 'other amateur detectives.' Fred Krivonos, left in photo, was later named as one of the 'detectives' referred to. He is an Investigator for the Board. Left to right: Krivonos and Witt

Testimony at NLRB hearings reveal memos which label them 'amateur dete...

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

Air Safety Conference. Washington, D.C. More than 200 representatives of the nation's airlines and technical experts from the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce met at conference today to study recent air crashes with a view to preventing such accidents in the future. Gene Vidal, Director of the Bureau of Air, presided at the meeting which was held at the Department of Commerce. In the photograph, left to right: (seated) O.A. Patterson, President of United Airlines; E.E. Jett, Chief Engineer of Federal Communications; Sidney Shannon, Operations Manager Eastern Airlines; Eugene Vidal, Director of Bureau of Air Commerce; and Harland Hull, Chief Pilot of TWA

Air Safety Conference. Washington, D.C. More than 200 representatives ...

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

Men wanted for the army / Michael P. Whelan.

Men wanted for the army / Michael P. Whelan.

U.S. Army recruiting poster showing officers and soldiers sending or receiving information through wireless and signal flags, other soldiers position and prepare to fire a cannon. Form no. 401. A.G.O.

Le 24 Août 1914, à Louvain, ramenant un prisonnier belge, la soldatesque le pend à un réverbère devant la gare... (repport officiel Belge) / J.G. Domergue 1915.

Le 24 Août 1914, à Louvain, ramenant un prisonnier belge, la soldatesq...

Illustration shows an executed Belgian prisoner of war, with hands and legs bound, hung on a lamp off the side of a building; German soldiers proceed down the street and around the corner. German translation o... More

Fighting in France for freedom! Are you helping at home?

Fighting in France for freedom! Are you helping at home?

Poster showing soldiers rushing to position at antiaircraft guns in an English town.

Flirting with the monocle on horseback

Flirting with the monocle on horseback

Photograph shows Helen Johns Kirtland, standing in an open car, riding on a beach with men in uniform as soldiers march past. Title refers to the camera of the photographer, who is riding behind the car. Exhib... More

FCC member. Washington, D.C., Oct 7. Thad O. Brown, member of the Federal Communications Commission, from a new formal picture made yesterday, 10/7/37

FCC member. Washington, D.C., Oct 7. Thad O. Brown, member of the Fede...

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

Probable new member Federal Communications Commission. Washington D.C. July 26. T.A.M. Craven, now Chief Engineer of the Federal Communications Commission. To succeed Chairman Anning S. Prall, who died a few days ago at his home in Maine. Craven, who was a naval officer during the World War, worked with President Roosevelt when he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and commander Craven handled the important naval radio buisness. 7/26/37

Probable new member Federal Communications Commission. Washington D.C....

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

Reciprocal aid. American pilots at an airfield in Britain built for the U.S. Air Forces use a British "Master" aircraft for communications. American and British air forces work side by side in the European theatre, with Britain furnishing important supplies and equipment under the Reciprocal Aid Program

Reciprocal aid. American pilots at an airfield in Britain built for th...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Laurel, Maryland. Monitoring at the United States Federal Communications Commission listening post

Laurel, Maryland. Monitoring at the United States Federal Communicatio...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s FCC, radio broadcasting, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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