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Conducting tax evasion hearing. Washington, D.C., June 19. Rep. Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, Chairman, and Senator Pat Harrison (right) of Mississippi, Vice Chariman, of the Joint Congressional Committee now conducting hearings on tax evasion. 6/19/37

Conducting tax evasion hearing. Washington, D.C., June 19. Rep. Robert...

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Lady lawmakers of into huddle. Washington D.C. July 23. An impromptu meeting of the only women Chairman of Congressional Committees took place today in the hall of the Capitol. Here we see, left to right: Mrs. Hattie W. Caraway, Senior United States Senator from Arkansas and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills; Rep. Caroline O'Day, Chairman of the House Committee on Election of President and Vice President and members of Congress; and Rep. Mary T. Norton, Chairman of the House Committee on Labor, 7/23/37

Lady lawmakers of into huddle. Washington D.C. July 23. An impromptu m...

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Congressional group asks $80,000,000 for flood control. Washington, D.C., Mar. 7. President Roosevelt today canvassed proposals for flood control measures with a house delegation placing emphasis on need for a program in the Ohio River Valley. The House Delegates asked the president to support and $80,000,000 program for flood control in the Ohio Valley. They are shown as they left the White House, left to right, front: Joseph A. Dixon, Ohio; James G. Folk, Ohio; Eugene P. Crowe, Ind.; G.W. Johnson, West Virginia; Lawrence E. Imhoff, Ohio. In the rear: Peter J. De Muth, PA.; Kent Keller, Ill.; Brent Spencer, KY, 3/7/38

Congressional group asks $80,000,000 for flood control. Washington, D....

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TVA Congressional investigation gets under way Washington, D.C., May 25. Seats were at a premium today as the Joint Congressional Committee opened hearings on the Tennessee Valley Authority investigation at the Capitol. This picture, taken from back of the committee room with Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, (center) deposed TVA Chairman, at the witness table, 5/25/38

TVA Congressional investigation gets under way Washington, D.C., May 2...

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Chairman of congressional TVA investigating committee. Washington, D.C., April 27. Following the first meeting of their Committee today, Senator Vic Donahey (Left) and Rep. James M. Mead, Co-Chairman of the Congressional Investigators, went into a huddle to map plans for the open hearings which will inaugurated shortly at the Capitol, 4/27/38

Chairman of congressional TVA investigating committee. Washington, D.C...

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Congratulations! Washington, D.C., May 18. Rep. Charles A. Wolverton of New Jersey, congratulates Senator James J. Davis on his victory in the Pennsylvania primaries for the Republican Senatorial Nomination. Davis defeated G. Mason Owlett. Both Davis and Wolverton are members of the Joint Congressional TVA investigation committee, 5/18/38

Congratulations! Washington, D.C., May 18. Rep. Charles A. Wolverton o...

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NLRB heads defends agency before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 3. Defending the National Labor Relations Board today before the senate judiciary committee, Chairman J. Warren Madden Asserted that demands for Congressional investigation by Senator Burke are based on "misinformation, half-truths and trivialities." Madden admitted that the NLRB had made mistakes and has been severely criticized, but added that much of the criticism could have been avoided by compromising the principles of the (Wagner) Act, 2/3/38

NLRB heads defends agency before senate committee. Washington, D.C., F...

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Members congratulate chairman of congressional monopoly committee. Washington, D.C., July 1. Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney (left) of Wyoming, named Chairman of the Congressional Monopoly Committee at their first meeting today, receives the congratulations of other members of the investigating group. O'Mahoney is the author of the resolution for the inquiry. Pictured, left to right: Senator O'Mahoney, William O. Douglas, S.E.C. Chairman; Rep. Edward C. Eicher, Rep. Hatton W. Sumners, Vice Chairman; Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold, and Senator William H. King, 7/1/38

Members congratulate chairman of congressional monopoly committee. Was...

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FIRST LADY HONOR GUEST AT CONGRESSIONAL CLUB BREAKFAST. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 4. MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT WAS THE HONOR GUEST TODAY AT THE ANNUAL MAY BREAKFAST OF THE CONGRESSIONAL CLUB AT THE RALEIGH HOTEL. SHE IS PICTURED WITH MRS. EDWARD R. BURKE, WIFE OF THE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR FROM NEBRASKA, WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB

FIRST LADY HONOR GUEST AT CONGRESSIONAL CLUB BREAKFAST. WASHINGTON, D....

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Congressional Speaking Class - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Congressional Speaking Class - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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John Philip Sousa gravesite at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

John Philip Sousa gravesite at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C...

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[Library of Congress ("Congressional Library Building"), Washington, D.C. Section]

[Library of Congress ("Congressional Library Building"), Washington, D...

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Elihu Vedder - Congressional Library studies "Peace"

Elihu Vedder - Congressional Library studies "Peace"

Study drawing shows hands and feet for the allegorical Library of Congress mural Peace and prosperity. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Building in 1896. Gift; American Academy of Arts and Letters; 1955.

William W. Lowe to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, November 06, 1862 (Telegram concerning a Congressional election in Tennessee)

William W. Lowe to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, November 06, 1862 (Tele...

Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, District...

Latrobe Cenotaphs in Congressional Cemetery previously documented as HABS DC-424. Significance: Washington Parish Burial Ground was created in 1807 by a private corporation of citizens, intent on creating a cem... More

Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, District...

Latrobe Cenotaphs in Congressional Cemetery previously documented as HABS DC-424. Significance: Washington Parish Burial Ground was created in 1807 by a private corporation of citizens, intent on creating a cem... More

Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, District...

Latrobe Cenotaphs in Congressional Cemetery previously documented as HABS DC-424. Significance: Washington Parish Burial Ground was created in 1807 by a private corporation of citizens, intent on creating a cem... More

Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, District...

Latrobe Cenotaphs in Congressional Cemetery previously documented as HABS DC-424. Significance: Washington Parish Burial Ground was created in 1807 by a private corporation of citizens, intent on creating a cem... More

Antimasonic address to the anti-masonic voters of Norfolk County and the ninth Congressional district of Massachusetts. [1835?].

Antimasonic address to the anti-masonic voters of Norfolk County and t...

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 56, Folder 17.

Congressional Library. Corridor south of main entrance

Congressional Library. Corridor south of main entrance

Photo shows interior of the newly built Library of Congress. In album: Congressional Library, Washington, D.C., p. 14.

Congressional Library. Beethoven statue in the gallery, public reading room

Congressional Library. Beethoven statue in the gallery, public reading...

Photo shows the Main Reading Room in the Library of Congress. In album: Congressional Library, Washington, D.C., p. 6.

Congressional Library. Grand staircase

Congressional Library. Grand staircase

Photo shows the Great Hall in the Library of Congress. In album: Congressional Library, Washington, D.C., p. 2.

New Congressional faces. Washington, D.C., Dec. 11. These new faces will represent New Jersey in the Senate and House: Senator William H. Smathers (left) and Rep. Elmer H. Wene, both democrats. They were in Washington to present their credentials to Vice President Garner. Smathers succeeds Senator Warren Barbour, Republican, while Rep. Wene will take the seat of the veteran Rep. Isaac Bacharach of Atlantic City. Rep. Wene will be the first Democrat since 1912 to represent the second district in Congress

New Congressional faces. Washington, D.C., Dec. 11. These new faces wi...

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Originator of Solon's favorite game. Washington D.C. Pete Henderson, Physical Director of the House of Representatives Gymnasium, originated the game of "paddle ball", favorite sport of Congressional members these days. The game is played with the inside of a regulation tennis ball. Henderson is shown stripping the hard cover off one of the balls

Originator of Solon's favorite game. Washington D.C. Pete Henderson, P...

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To be new house minority leader. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Republican leaders in town awaiting the opening Congress said today that Rep. John W. Martin Jr., of Massachusetts., Chairman of the Republican Congressional Committee, will be elected House Minority Leader to succeed Rep. Bertrant N. Snell of New York, who did not seek re-election. A canvass, reportedly already made, will give him the support of 125 of the 170 republican members of the next House

To be new house minority leader. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Republican ...

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Calif. oranges. Congressional leaders at celebration of California orange week

Calif. oranges. Congressional leaders at celebration of California ora...

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South nation's No. 1 health problem Surgeon General tells congressional committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. In this huddle discussing health problems facing the TVA are Senator Vic Donahey, democrat, Chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Surgeon General Thomas Parran, right, who was the first witness as the Committee resumed public hearings today. While terming the south the national's No. 1 health problem, Dr. Parran praised the TVA for the work it has done in combating disease

South nation's No. 1 health problem Surgeon General tells congressiona...

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CONGRESSIONAL CLUB EXTERIOR - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

CONGRESSIONAL CLUB EXTERIOR - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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Miss Edythe [Edith] Wynne Matthison of Connecticut is one of the prominent members of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Miss Matthison is well known to all Americans for her brilliant work on the stage, particularly for her acting in "Every Woman." Few realize however, the strong interest which she feels in the suffrage movement and the active support which she is enabled to give the Congressional Union.

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

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

Open air meeting at Washington, D.C. March 1913, calling upon Congress to pass the national woman suffrage amendment. Mrs. Mary Beard, wife of Professor Charles Beard of Columbia University, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, is speaking.

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

Summary: Photograph of the back of Mary Beard, standing in car, speaking to crowd on street, Interior Dept. building in background. Automobiles and trolley on street. Title transcribed from item. A duplicate im... More

Mrs. John T. Morrison of Idaho is one of the prominent members of the advisory Council of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Mrs. Morrison is wife of the Governor of Idaho and took a prominent part in the Convention of the Congressional Union in that State. She with Miss Margaret Roberts are Chairman of a Committee to carry on the work of the Congressional Union in that State.

Mrs. John T. Morrison of Idaho is one of the prominent members of the ...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Mrs. John T. Morrison, facing front, wearing white blouse with floral vest, and wire-framed eyeglasses. Cropped version of the photograph pub... More

[White House pickets of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, Washington, D.C.]

[White House pickets of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, Wa...

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Miss Elsie M. Hill, of Conn[ecticut], a Congressional Union picket at the gate of the White House.

Miss Elsie M. Hill, of Conn[ecticut], a Congressional Union picket at ...

Title transcribed from image. Summary: Informal portrait, half-length, Elsie M. Hill, taken outdoors on picket line, wearing wide-brimmed hat with fur trim, coat, fur stole, and tricolor (purple, white, gold) s... More

[White House pickets of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, Washington, D.C.]

[White House pickets of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, Wa...

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[White House pickets of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, Washington, D.C.]

[White House pickets of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, Wa...

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White House pickets of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage [Washington, D.C.]

White House pickets of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage [Was...

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Congressional Country Club, [Bethesda, Maryland]

Congressional Country Club, [Bethesda, Maryland]

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The first snow in the National Capitol - scene from the steps of the U.S. Capitol, looking toward the Congressional Library

The first snow in the National Capitol - scene from the steps of the U...

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[Man at Congressional Office Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Man at Congressional Office Building, Washington, D.C.]

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Congressional TVA Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 23. Members of the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating Tennessee Valley Authority now conducting open hearings at the U.S. Capitol. Left to right - Rep. Graham A. Barden, Democrat of N.C., Senator H.H. Schwartz, Democrat of Wyoming, Chairman Vic Donahey, Democrat of Ohio, Senator-elect James Mead, Democrat of New York, and Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins, Republican of Ohio

Congressional TVA Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 23. Members of the...

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Head of nations make-believe government. Washington, D.C., Nov. 27. Gore Hinzie, secretary to Rep. Nat Patton of Texas, has recently been elected speaker of the little congress of the United States. One thousand Congressional employees from his organization which meets every Tuesday night while Congress is in session and goes through the motions of running the government without really doing. Hot debates on issues pending before Congress, such as the Farm and Neutrality bills take place every session along with fiery orations. Hinzie is a native of the panhandle and graduated from the University of Texas, he is 34 years old, 11/27/37

Head of nations make-believe government. Washington, D.C., Nov. 27. Go...

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It wont be long now. Washington, D.C., Oct. 13. Democratic Senator Sherman Minton, of Indiana, gazes at his calendar to learn that November 15, the date set for the convening of special session of Congress is only a few weeks hence. Senator Minton is on of the few Senate members who remained in the Capitol during the Congressional recess, 10/13/37

It wont be long now. Washington, D.C., Oct. 13. Democratic Senator She...

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Congressional milking contest declared draw. Washington, D.C., June 9. The four congressmen competing for mlking championship of the 75th Congress today on the Capitol plaza deserted their cows to make speeches when the discovered a microphone nearby. Halting the contest in mid-squirt, Rep. Marvin Jones, acting as referee, declared it a draw after the contestants could show no more than a pint of milk for ten minutes of effort. Left to right: Rep. harry R. Sheppard, Calif.; Rep. Gerald J. Boileau, Wisconsin; Rep. Walter M. Pierce, Oregan; Rep. harold Knutson, Minnesota. Radio announcer Lee Everett holding the mike[mic], 6/9/38

Congressional milking contest declared draw. Washington, D.C., June 9....

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President and Congressional leaders get-together. Washington, D.C., Jan. 9. President Roosevelt today revived his Monday morning White House conferences with the 'big four' of Congress and read to them the special message he is writing on national defense to be sent to Congress probably tomorrow. Leaving the White House are, left to right. Vice President Garner, Senate majority Leader Barkley, speaker Bankhead and House Majority Leader Rayburn, 1/9/39

President and Congressional leaders get-together. Washington, D.C., Ja...

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[Casablanca conference at Casablanca, Morocco, President Roosevelt with Major General George S. Patton, Jr., affixing the Congressional Medal of Honor upon Brig. General William H. Wilbur in the presence of General George C. Marshall]

[Casablanca conference at Casablanca, Morocco, President Roosevelt wit...

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Washington, D.C. A monument in the Congressional cemetery

Washington, D.C. A monument in the Congressional cemetery

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Congressional Library - vestibule from entrance. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

Congressional Library - vestibule from entrance. Washington DC steresc...

Copyrighted by T.W. Ingersoll, 1897. On mount: American and Foreign Views. Sold only by Canvassers. No. 187.

[Library of Congress ("Congressional Library Building"), Washington, D.C. Section]

[Library of Congress ("Congressional Library Building"), Washington, D...

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Congressional Record, v. 109 - Public domain document scan

Congressional Record, v. 109 - Public domain document scan

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

The opening of the Congressional session / J. Keppler.

The opening of the Congressional session / J. Keppler.

Cartoon showing monster, "tariff question", in large bag "surplus", saying "Here I am Again! What are you going to do with me?," in House chambers.

[Library of Congress ("Congressional Library"), Washington, D.C. Section, circular reading room]

[Library of Congress ("Congressional Library"), Washington, D.C. Secti...

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Congressional cracksmen / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

Congressional cracksmen / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon

Print shows "Policeman Puck" and Uncle Sam investigating a robbery at the U.S. Treasury, a safe has been broken into and a barrel labeled "150,000,000 $ Surplus" is empty; there is a hole in the floor which lea... More

Elihu Vedder - Study Minerva Washington Congressional Library

Elihu Vedder - Study Minerva Washington Congressional Library

Drawing shows bust and shoulders of Minerva facing right, and above her left an arm holding a scroll. This is a study for the mosaic of Minerva installed in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in ... More

Congressional Library. In the gallery

Congressional Library. In the gallery

Photo shows the statues in the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress. In album: Congressional Library, Washington, D.C., p. 10.

The entrance hall of the new Congressional Library, Washington, D.C. / drawn by G.W. Peters.

The entrance hall of the new Congressional Library, Washington, D.C. /...

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South corridor, Congressional Library, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

South corridor, Congressional Library, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

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Congressional reporters using dictaphones

Congressional reporters using dictaphones

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Mrs. Cyrus Mead [Dorothy M. Mead], of Vandalia, Ohio, state chairman of Ohio branch of Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Spent considerable time at national headquarters in Washington, where she gained first hand knowledge of the Congressional situation. Spoke before the United States Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage last December.

Mrs. Cyrus Mead [Dorothy M. Mead], of Vandalia, Ohio, state chairman o...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Half-length portrait of Dorothy M. Mead (Mrs. Cyrus Mead), seated in chair, facing right. Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 6, no. 10 (Mar. 16,... More

Mrs. Charles de Loosey Oelrichs is one of the prominent members of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Mrs. Oelrichs is one of the most beautiful young matrons in New York and Newport society. She has recently become interested in suffrage and took an active part in the Dansante given by the Congressional Union at Marble House, Newport, [Rhode Island], Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont's beautiful summer home.

Mrs. Charles de Loosey Oelrichs is one of the prominent members of the...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Oval portrait of Mrs. Charles Deloosey Oelrichs [and daughter?] in formal gowns.

COMMISSION ON INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT UNDER CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, JUNE 1913; REPORTED IN 1915. JAMES D. CONNELL, VICE PRESIDENT, A.F. OF L.; FREDERICK A. DELANO; PROF. JOHN R. COMMONS OF UNIVERSITY OF WI

COMMISSION ON INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT UNDER CONGRE...

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

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

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

Mrs. George T. Odell, of Washington, D.C., vice-chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, is one of the delegates to the Womans' Party Convention.

Mrs. George T. Odell, of Washington, D.C., vice-chairman of the Legisl...

Title and information transcribed from item. Summary: Portrait of Mrs. George Talbot Odell, seated, gloved hands in lap, wearing dark fur-trimmed jacket with fur muff, and broad-brimmed hat with feather. Altern... More

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

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

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

Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, California, member national advisory council of Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage; vice chairman National Woman’s Party.

Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, California, member national advisory council of Co...

Title and name and address of photographer transcribed from image. Summary: Formal portrait, half-length, seated in chair, Phoebe Apperson Hearst of California, facing left with head turned toward camera, right... More

BASEBALL, CONGRESSIONAL. TEAMS AND CROWD: BYRNES, JAMES FRANCIS, REP. FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, 1911-1925; RODGERS, JOHN JACOB, REP. FROM MASSACHUSETTS, 1913-1925; HARRISON, PAT, REP. FROM MISSISSIPPI, 1911-1919, SENATOR, 1919-; FARR, JOHN RICHARD, REP. FROM PENNSYLVANIA, 1911-1919

BASEBALL, CONGRESSIONAL. TEAMS AND CROWD: BYRNES, JAMES FRANCIS, REP. ...

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Congressional group, 2/21/23 - Public domain portrait photograph

Congressional group, 2/21/23 - Public domain portrait photograph

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Hoover laying cornerstone, Congressional Club, 6/9/23

Hoover laying cornerstone, Congressional Club, 6/9/23

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[Group on steps of Congressional Office Building, Washington, D.C.]

[Group on steps of Congressional Office Building, Washington, D.C.]

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A Congressional Delegation from the state of Alabama called on President Coolidge today, Jan. 15th, to urge the appointment of M.M. Caskie, of that state, to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Left to right, front row: Rep. E.B. Alman, Senator J. Thomas Heflin, Senator Oscar W. Underwood, Rep. W.B. Oliver and [...]lister Hill. Back row, Rep. M.C. Allgood, Rep. W.B. Bankhead, Rep. Lamar Jeffers, Rep. John McDuffle, and Rep. Henry Bascom Steag[...] [White House, Washington, D.C.]

A Congressional Delegation from the state of Alabama called on Preside...

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Exhibits famous Gutenberg Bible. Herbert Putnam, Librarian of the Library of Congress, exhibits the famous Gutenberg Bible, printed about 1450 by John Gutenberg, the inventor of printing. The Bible is a part of the Vollbehr collection, brought to the United States this year by a special Congressional approriation and now open th the public at the Library. 12/15/30

Exhibits famous Gutenberg Bible. Herbert Putnam, Librarian of the Libr...

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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESENTS CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR TO ATLANTAN. WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 7. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY PRESENTED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR TO CAPT. SAMUEL I. PARKER, OF THE INFANTRY RESERVE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THE MEDAL WAS PRESENTED FOR 'EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION' DURING THE WORLD WAR. MEMBERS OF CAPT. PARKER'S FAMILY AND MAJ. GEN. MALIN H.CRAIG, U.S. CHIEF OF STAFF, WITNESSED THE PRESENTATION. IN THE PHOTO L TO R: MRS. SAMUEL I. PARKER, MISS PARKER, DAUGHTER; CAPT.SAMUEL I. PARKER; SAM PARKER, JR.; PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT; JUDGE PARKER, A BROTHER; REP. MALCOM TARVER OF GEORGIA; AND MAJ. GEN. MALIN H. CRAIG

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESENTS CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR TO ATLANTAN....

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Congressional Secretaries "Unionize." Washington, D.C. May 27. Secretaries to members of Congress have organized a new "Congressional Guild" and at their first meeting yesterday voted 21 to 1 to apply for a charter in the John L. Lewis Committee for Industrial Organization. John E. Kennedy, Chairman of the group. In the photograph; left to right: Robert Greenburg, Secretary to Rep. Henry Teigan, farmer-laborite of Minnesota; Anthony Stefano, Secretary to Rep. John T. Bernard of Minnesota; John E. Kennedy; Harold Hagen, Secretary to Rep. R.T. Buckler of Minnesota; and William O. Skeels, Secretary to Rep. William Lemke of North Dakota, 5/27/37

Congressional Secretaries "Unionize." Washington, D.C. May 27. Secreta...

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Republicans start ball rolling for 1938. Washington, D.C. Aug. 24. Looking forward to the 1938 Congressional elections, Chairman John Hamilton of the Republican National Committee met today with Republican State Chairmen from some fifteen states to map out an organization plan. In the photograph, left to right: (seated) Lyle Jackson, Nebraska; Harlan J. Bashfield, South Dakota; Chairman Hamilton; James C. Farmer, New Hampshire; and Pierce Brereton, Rhode Island. Standing, left to right: William S. Murray, New York; Ed. D. Schorr, Ohio; James E. Thomson, Michigan; Sinclair Weeks, Massachusetts; John Tyrrell, Illinois; F.G. Todd, Kansas; Lawrence Cobb, California; C.R. Ahalt, Virginia; Edward J. Samp, Wisconsin; and L. R. Dovell, Virginia. 8/24/37

Republicans start ball rolling for 1938. Washington, D.C. Aug. 24. Loo...

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Congressional hog caller. Washington, D.C. June 9. The Capitol Plaza reverberated with sounds of the barnyard today as Rep. Robert L. Mouton, of Louisana, went into serious training for his coming hog. calling contest with Rep. Otha D. Wearin, of Iowa. The contest, which will take place on the Capitol steps sometime in the new future, is the result of an argument between the two solons as to the abilities of the hog-yodelers from the respective states. Judging from his demonstration today the cameraman is willing right now to place the mantle of champion of Rep. Mouton. 6/9/37

Congressional hog caller. Washington, D.C. June 9. The Capitol Plaza r...

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Congressional monopoly committee holds initial meeting. Washington, D.C., July 1. The Congressional Executive Committee to investigate monopolies held their first meeting today and charted a course designed to determine the efffect of concentrated wealth and power on business. Pictured, left to right: (sitting) Senator William E. Borah, Herman Oliphant, General Counsel for Treasury; Senator William H. King, Utah; Senator Hoseph C. O'Mahoney, of Wyoming and Chairman of the Committee; Rep. Hatton W. Sumners, of Texas and Vice Chairman; Thurman Arnold, Assistant Attorney General; and Rep. Edward C. Eicher of Iowa. Standing left to right: Richard C. Patterson, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Commerce; Garland S. Ferguson, Chairman of Federal Trade Commission; William O. Douglas, Chairman of S.E.C.; Isador Lubin Chief of Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor; and Rep. Edward H. Rees of Kansas, 7/1/38

Congressional monopoly committee holds initial meeting. Washington, D....

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Discuss naval expansion with president. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. High Naval Officials and members of key Congressional Committees conferred with President Roosevelt today in regard to a Naval Expansion Program. Following the meeting, Chairman Taylor of the House Appropriations Committee announced that the President will shortly send a message to Congress recommending Naval expansion. Left to right: Rep. Carl Vinson, Chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee; Rep. Edward T. Taylor, Chairman of House Appropriations Committee; Rep. William B. Umstead of North Carolina; Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison; and Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, 1/5/38

Discuss naval expansion with president. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. High...

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Woman columnist tells committee that something must be done for refugee children. Washington, D.C., April 22. Dorothy Thompson, newspaper columnist, witness before the Joint Congressional Committee on Immigration, told the Committee today that 'something must be done' to allow the removal of Austrian and German victims of Nazi wrath to America. She supported a pending bill which would allow selected refugee children to live and grow up in American families. She is shown here talking to Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, Committee member. Left to right: Mrs. Rogers, Miss Thompson

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Washington, D.C. Monuments in the Congressional cemetery

Washington, D.C. Monuments in the Congressional cemetery

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Former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's grave at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

Former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's grave at Congressional Cemetery,...

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Cycloramic view of the Capitol and Congressional Library at Washington, D.C.

Cycloramic view of the Capitol and Congressional Library at Washington...

H43352 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright Deposit; Frederick W. Mueller; March 16, 1904.

Congressional scales. A true balance, Political Cartoon

Congressional scales. A true balance, Political Cartoon

A satire on President Zachary Taylor's attempts to balance Southern and Northern interests on the question of slavery in 1850. Taylor stands atop a pair of scales, with a weight in each hand; the weight on the ... More

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

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

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Architectural drawing for a monument for Vice President George Clinton, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

Architectural drawing for a monument for Vice President George Clinton...

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Congressional Committee, February 14, 1797

Congressional Committee, February 14, 1797

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Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, District...

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Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, District...

Latrobe Cenotaphs in Congressional Cemetery previously documented as HABS DC-424. Significance: Washington Parish Burial Ground was created in 1807 by a private corporation of citizens, intent on creating a cem... More

Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Congressional Cemetery, 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, District...

Latrobe Cenotaphs in Congressional Cemetery previously documented as HABS DC-424. Significance: Washington Parish Burial Ground was created in 1807 by a private corporation of citizens, intent on creating a cem... More

Congressional Library, U.S. Capitol

Congressional Library, U.S. Capitol

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CONGRESSIONAL CLUB VESTIBULE - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

CONGRESSIONAL CLUB VESTIBULE - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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BASEBALL, CONGRESSIONAL. AT BAT: RAUCH, GEORGE WASHINGTON, REP. FROM INDIANA, 1907-1917

BASEBALL, CONGRESSIONAL. AT BAT: RAUCH, GEORGE WASHINGTON, REP. FROM I...

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[New Jersey delegates in front of Congressional Union headquarters.]

[New Jersey delegates in front of Congressional Union headquarters.]

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

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

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Mrs. Edith Barriger, state chairman of Missouri for Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage; member advisory council National Woman's Party.

Mrs. Edith Barriger, state chairman of Missouri for Congressional Unio...

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

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

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[White House pickets of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, Washington, D.C.]

[White House pickets of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, Wa...

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Lincoln's birthday. On the banners during Congressional debate on whether we should enter the war.

Lincoln's birthday. On the banners during Congressional debate on whet...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Six National Woman's Party activists display three banners about woman suffrage, tall lattice fence in background. Banner on left (held by two women) reads: "Denmark on the... More

Wallace with Congressional group, 11/24/22

Wallace with Congressional group, 11/24/22

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[President Coolidge] decorating Henry Breault of the submarine 0-5 with Congressional Medal of Honor

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President Calvin Coolidge places the Congressional Medal of Honor around Henry Breault's neck, as military officers look on, with the White House in the background. In album: Calvin Coolidge, First Administrati... More

L.H. Parker, Chief of Staff of Joint Congressional Tax Com.

L.H. Parker, Chief of Staff of Joint Congressional Tax Com.

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New home for Declaration of Independence. This shrine at the new Archives building is nearly ready to receive the Declaration of Independence which is to be moved from its present location in the Congressional Library. 10/19/35

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